Oh, the humiliation ...

Today's Global Warming science extravaganza. According to this article, scientists have begun collecting cow flatulence to discover ways to reduce Global Warming:

(Bovine Bessie (not her real name) volunteers to give researchers a noseful in the name of science. Photo: Reuters)

Experts said the slow digestive system of cows makes them a key producer of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that gets far less public attention than carbon dioxide.

In a bid to understand the impact of the wind produced by cows on global warming, scientists collected gas from their stomachs in plastic tanks attached to their backs.

The Argentine researchers discovered methane from cows accounts for more than 30 per cent of the country's total greenhouse emissions.

Al Gore would be proud. :)