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NJDhockeyfan10/05/2010 8:07:13 am PDT

Study to measure camels’ effect on climate change

The Northern Territory Government is funding a university study to measure the impact of Australia’s wild camel population on climate change.

Charles Darwin University has been funded for the year-long study to monitor the impact of the wild camel herd on the carbon cycle.

It is estimated that more than one million camels are roaming the country’s arid regions.

The study will monitor carbon emissions and sequestration, in particular, looking at camel flatulence and the greenhouse gas effect created by decomposing carcasses.

Aha, so it’s not humans or SUV’s creating global warming, it’s camels!