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"Generally, warmer temperatures led to increased decay of organic matter, which translates to reduced carbon preservation in soil," Trevathan-Tackett said.

Lucore and a team of researchers found that when monkeys experienced about two weeks of warmer temperatures -- 86 degrees Fahrenheit -- their generalized immune system performance declined.

As the weather gets warmer, it's the perfect time for ice cream or a gelato.

Researchers only detected the gas recently, because it used to be notoriously hard to measure and earlier work focussed on warmer oceans, whereas the polar oceans are the emission hotspots.

"But during the warmer seasons, as suggested by the control group, the plants do not increase the rate as the cost of such repair capacity is high."