This article is noted more for blowing up the Warmist notion that Mankind is mostly/solely responsible for every weather event and change in temperature
(New Scentist) Is the earthworm turning into a global warming saviour? Earlier this year, the animals were cast as key contributors to climate change, but they may have been falsely accused.
A fifth of carbon dioxide emissions come from soils, and earthworms play a central role. They churn up soil, encouraging breakdown of organic matter to produce CO2. They also drive subterranean processes that both lock up and release carbon.
New Scientist isn’t exactly a “skeptic” site. In fact, they are “climate change” cheerleaders. Two points: first, if the science on earthworms can change, why not the notions on anthropogenic “climate change”?
Second, they just said 1/5th of CO2 output comes from the soil. Most of that will be natural. That means that mankind can’t be mostly/solely responsible right off the bat, as Warmists proposition. Heck, the oceans themselves release 16x more CO2 than mankind.
And Warmists still won’t practice what they preach.
