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Topic: Understanding nematodes to address climate change

Cook My Own Breakfast started this discussion 6 years ago #89,394

Fun fact: The microscopic worms BYU professor Byron Adams studies are not only the most abundant animal species on earth, they also make up four-fifths of animal life on this planet. That's right, four out of every five animals on earth are nematode worms.

A new study of soil nematodes co-authored by Adams reveals that there are 57 billion of them for every single living human being—much greater than previously estimated. They also have a total biomass of about 300 million tons, approximately 80 percent of the combined weight of Earth's human population.


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https://phys.org/news/2019-07-nematodes-climate.html

Reid joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 34 minutes later[^] [v] #1,020,337

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Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 2 minutes later, 37 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,020,339

Externally hosted imageThey are a abuse of technology and abominations.

Sheila LaBoof joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 33 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,020,355

Nema Nema Tode Nema Nema Nema Tode

Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 4 hours later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,020,415

*global warming

Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 36 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,020,423

@previous (E)
Doesn't matter what you call it, it's still bullshit.

Anonymous E replied with this 6 years ago, 7 minutes later, 6 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,020,430

@previous (F)
But west Antarctic ice is shrinking while in the east it is growing. This is clearly global warming caused by atmospheric conditions.

You should pay your government more taxes to fix this. They will ban plastic straws to solve the problem

Autist !StaYqkzUPc joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 12 minutes later, 6 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,020,435

Upgrade to demodex.

Sheila LaBoof replied with this 6 years ago, 1 hour later, 7 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,020,454

the plastics concern is with oceanic life forms consuming microscopic fragments

even the zooplankton are getting it

these cocksuckers are such litterbugs, there's garbage everywhere

plastic can be a great thing but these shitheads just litter it like fuckheads
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