Gaseous dinosaurs that ‘might have contributed’ to global warming

SAN FRANCISCO — The emissions of northern dinosaurs may have led to a warmer planet 70 million years ago, said a scientist attending the 2010 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in mid-December.
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He figured the output of one hadrosaur equaled that of about 10 cows, and then he extrapolated.
...The Alaska climate experienced by dinosaurs was probably comparable to current trends in the region between Portland, Oregon and Calgary in Alberta, Canada.

“It must have been delightful,” he said. “Lush vegetation and high mountains in the distance.”

Flashback » Rep. Rohrabacher: Global Warming May Have Been Caused By ‘Dinosaur Flatulence’

During the hearing, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) — one of the 87 percent of congressional Republicans who do not believe in man-made global warming — questioned the authors of the report about a period of dramatic climate change that occured 55 million years ago. “We don’t know what those other cycles were caused by in the past. Could be dinosaur flatulence, you know, or who knows?’