Study: Earthworms May Contribute to Global Warming [Invasion of the Worms]

DailyCaller ^ | 02/06/2013 | Michael Bastasch

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As environmentalists and politicians fret about man-made Global Warming, they may be ignoring another culprit: earthworms. According to a new study by an international team of researchers, earthworms could be contributing to global warming.

The study looked at results from 237 separate experiments from published stories to explore earthworms’ role in affecting global warming.

“Our results suggest that although earthworms are largely beneficial to soil fertility, they increase net soil greenhouse-gas emissions,” according to the study’s abstract.

Worms affect how much carbon dioxide is produced in the soil and how much escapes into the atmosphere...

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Invaders? Invasion of the worms, a true story: "...you could dig up approximately the upper half of the North American continent and almost never find an earthworm of true North American descent"--European & Asian immigrants.

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[albie]

I grow beans so our worms are really gassy.

[Uncle Miltie]

Worm fart alert?

[AtlasStalled]

Farting cows are responsible for a big part of global warming, too.

[Venturer]

I think the biggest cause of Global Warming is a-hole like these and other scientists bloviating about their own guesses.

My guess is as good as theirs or better. We are in a warming cycle because of the sun and the usual cycles the earth goes through, and there isn’t a damned thing we can do about it. We are insignificant in the works of nature.

We have been through these cycles nefore and will go through themn again.

[yoe]

Oh Puuulleeeeaaseeee, at least publish these sorts of stories under “Publish Or Perish”. Global Warming stories should be on the back pages of whatever rag is still publishing those tales.

[American in Israel]

Thats the solution, sterilize the planet, rocks dont emit greenhouse gasses.

[clamper1797]

That's the solution, sterilize the planet, rocks don't emit greenhouse gasses.

Lava and specifically volcanic sources have emitted more greenhouse gases and contributed more to globull warming in one year than all of mankind has in all of it's existence ... so we need to ban ALL volcanos.

[clamper1797]

That's the solution, sterilize the planet, rocks don't emit greenhouse gasses.

Lava and specifically volcanic sources have emitted more greenhouse gases and contributed more to globull warming in one year than all of mankind has in all of it's existence ... so we need to ban ALL volcanos.

[clamper1797]

That's the solution, sterilize the planet, rocks don't emit greenhouse gasses.

Lava and specifically volcanic sources have emitted more greenhouse gases and contributed more to globull warming in one year than all of mankind has in all of it's existence ... so we need to ban ALL volcanos.

[clamper1797]

That's the solution, sterilize the planet, rocks don't emit greenhouse gasses.

Lava and specifically volcanic sources have emitted more greenhouse gases and contributed more to globull warming in one year than all of mankind has in all of it's existence ... so we need to ban ALL volcanos.

[clamper1797]

That's the solution, sterilize the planet, rocks don't emit greenhouse gasses.

Lava and specifically volcanic sources have emitted more greenhouse gases and contributed more to globull warming in one year than all of mankind has in all of it's existence ... so we need to ban ALL volcanos.

[b4its2late]

Absolutely!

[circlecity]

Good news. Now when I go catfishing I can tell my wife I’m just doing my part to combat global warming by lowering the worm population.

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

Sitting in a bunker
Here behind my wall
Waiting for the worms to come...

[anoldafvet]

Fits right in with the program I just saw on the Science Channel where they claimed global warming causes volcanoes.

I guess you really can't fix stupid.

[BitWielder1]

So what? They are SUPPOSED to do that. They are breaking down decaying plant matter to make nutrients for the next generation of plants.
CO2 is one of those nutrients, it just happens to be airborne.
If not earthworms, it's beetles and micro organisms doing the same thing.
It has to happen. Removing earth worms won't change that.

[ryan71]

10 CO2 increases
20 Plant populations increase
30 Plants consume more CO2
40 CO2 decreases
50 Plant popuations decrease
60 Plants consume less CO2
70 GOTO 10

[Gator113]

Save the Planet... make democrats eat worms.

[Mrs. Don-o]

We support Global Worming....