Could Kangaroo Farts Curb Global Warming?
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Cows burps release a ton of methane into the atmosphere. Can other animals, like kangaroos, teach us how to make cow gas more eco-friendly?
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Godwin S., Kang, A., Guilino, L., Manefield, M., Gutierrez-Zamora, M., Kienzle, M., Ouwerkerk, D., Dawson, K., Klieve, A. (2014) Investigation of the microbial metabolism of carbon dioxide and hydrogen in the kangaroo foregut by stable isotope probing. The ISME Journal, 8, 1855-1865. http://www.nature.com/ismej/journal/v8/n9/abs/ismej201425a.html
Overview of gases, sources of emissions, and tons of data from the EPA: http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/ghgemissions/
Gizmodo on how much cow gas actually contributes to global warming:
http://gizmodo.com/do-cow-farts-actually-contribute-to-global-warming-1562144730
Credits:
Host, Writer, Animator, Editor
Anna Rothschild
DP, Sound, Researcher, Intern Extraordinaire
Elizabeth Gillis
Many thanks to Dr. Scott Godwin.
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Humo negro
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Thumbnail: Kangaroo Island kangaroo Macropus fuliginosus fuliginosus
Flickr/Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble
SFX
Cockroaches
Freesound/StateAardvark
(used with permission from author)
Squeak Pack/squeak_10
Freesound/Corsica_S
Burps/ruelps-5
Freesound/2mbst1
Farts/Short Fart_01
Freesound/DSISStudios
Wet slop plop
Freesound/Eneasz
Basement Park 1/jawharp_boing
Freesound/plingativator
Human/Short Sphincter Vibration
Freesound/jorickhoofd
Screen Door Opening and Closing
Freesound/snardin42
Royal_ping
Freesound/fastson
Burps
Freesound/DSPena
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Subscribe! http://bit.ly/1FkxVLb Twitter! https://twitter.com/gross_science Tumblr! http://grossscience.tumblr.com/
Want more info?
Godwin S., Kang, A., Guilino, L., Manefield, M., Gutierrez-Zamora, M., Kienzle, M., Ouwerkerk, D., Dawson, K., Klieve, A. (2014) Investigation of the microbial metabolism of carbon dioxide and hydrogen in the kangaroo foregut by stable isotope probing. The ISME Journal, 8, 1855-1865. http://www.nature.com/ismej/journal/v8/n9/abs/ismej201425a.html
Overview of gases, sources of emissions, and tons of data from the EPA: http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/ghgemissions/
Gizmodo on how much cow gas actually contributes to global warming:
http://gizmodo.com/do-cow-farts-actually-contribute-to-global-warming-1562144730
Credits:
Host, Writer, Animator, Editor
Anna Rothschild
DP, Sound, Researcher, Intern Extraordinaire
Elizabeth Gillis
Many thanks to Dr. Scott Godwin.
Anode (c)
Music Provided by APM
Images
Factory Smoke Blankets Clark Avenue-Nara-550191
Wikimedia Commons/NARA
Humo negro
Wikimedia Commons/Ivan2010
Thumbnail: Kangaroo Island kangaroo Macropus fuliginosus fuliginosus
Flickr/Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble
SFX
Cockroaches
Freesound/StateAardvark
(used with permission from author)
Squeak Pack/squeak_10
Freesound/Corsica_S
Burps/ruelps-5
Freesound/2mbst1
Farts/Short Fart_01
Freesound/DSISStudios
Wet slop plop
Freesound/Eneasz
Basement Park 1/jawharp_boing
Freesound/plingativator
Human/Short Sphincter Vibration
Freesound/jorickhoofd
Screen Door Opening and Closing
Freesound/snardin42
Royal_ping
Freesound/fastson
Burps
Freesound/DSPena
Produced by WGBH for PBS Digital Studios
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