"Inconspicuous creatures surprise with a property that is important for our climate: Lichens, mosses and cyanobacteria release large quantities of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N2O), also known as laughing gas, and low quantities of methane (CH4) into the atmosphere."
Yay! Lichens and mosses are totally rad.
And no, I don't believe in "global warming," as defined by the media. The earth is trying to reach equilibrium the same way everything else is, which means cycling in and out of cold and hot extremes, with those extremes getting closer and closer to each other. It is a big deal and will lead to extinctions and plagues, but there's not really much we can do to stop it. There are other, much more important things we need to address, like the disposal of the massive amounts of waste we produce.
4.3 pounds per person per day x 365 days in a year = 1569.5 pounds per person per year
1569.5 x 318,900,000 (US population) = 116,398,500,000 ~ 116.4 billion pounds of waste per year
That is a man-made problem. That is a problem we can fix. That is a problem we desperately need to fix. And that is the problem that media doesn't really talk about.
