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[desoto_hia873]

I'm reading an article in the scientific journal Nature on the discovery of methane emissions by plants. This is big news for the climate change folks as, if confirmed, it's a natural source of an important greenhouse gas that was previously unknown.

Anyway, one of the sentences reads: "The main [sources of methane] previously recognized were microbial activity in wetlands and the eructations of ruminant animals."

Eructations. Heh. Scientists do like to sanitize things, don't they?

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[desoto-hia873.livejournal.com]

Distracting people with a big word is always a good plan. Personally, my favourite word is 'absquatulate' - I always wanted to use it in an essay and send my teacher running for a dictionary. :-)