Surf And Turf: To Reduce Gas Emissions From Cows, Scientists Look To The Ocean
6 years, 8 months ago

Surf And Turf: To Reduce Gas Emissions From Cows, Scientists Look To The Ocean

NPR  

Surf And Turf: To Reduce Gas Emissions From Cows, Scientists Look To The Ocean Enlarge this image toggle caption Merrit Kennedy/NPR Merrit Kennedy/NPR Scientists think they can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by tweaking the food that cows eat. Kebreab says that as cows digest their fibrous food, methane is produced by microbes in the rumen, the first chamber of the cow's four-part stomach, in what he calls a "natural process of fermentation." Their experiment found that the high dose of seaweed reduced methane production by more than half, what he describes as a "dramatic reduction in methane emissions." And should the seaweed treatment become widely adopted, Salwen wants to make sure that farmers themselves do not end up bearing the full cost of "providing something that is in our common and shared interest."

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UK virology lab developing ‘cow fart’ vaccine to reduce methane emission, fight global warming
1 month, 3 weeks ago

UK virology lab developing ‘cow fart’ vaccine to reduce methane emission, fight global warming

Firstpost  

Cows primarily release methane through belching and flatulence, contributing to global warming. Researchers at the UK’s Pirbright Institute are developing a vaccine to reduce these emissions, supported by a $9.4 million grant from the Bezos Earth Fund. The goal is to create a single-dose vaccine administered early in a cow’s life to cut methane emissions by at least 30%. Some …

Fact Check: Misleading UK CO₂ Figures Exposed
2 months ago

Fact Check: Misleading UK CO₂ Figures Exposed

Deccan Chronicle  

Claim : Social media post shows calculations to suggest UK’s contribution to climate change is negligible Meanwhile, a post in circulation on the social media claims that the UK produces under 1% of global CO2 emissions. produces under 1% of global CO2 emissionsCO2 is 0.04% of the atmosphereHumans create 3% of the 0.04% = 0.0012%U.K. is responsible for 1% of …

Scientists want to feed cows SEAWEED to stop them farting - and claim the tactic could slash methane emissions by almost 40%
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Scientists want to feed cows SEAWEED to stop them farting - and claim the tactic could slash methane emissions by almost 40%

Daily Mail  

They may look cute, but cows have a huge flatulence problem that is wreaking havoc on our planet. Cattle produce huge amounts of methane – a greenhouse gas that is 23 times more potent than carbon dioxide in trapping heat in the atmosphere. Experts from the University of California, Davis, say that feeding cows seaweed could stop them farting so …

How will taxing cattle’s burps, farts tackle climate change?
4 months ago

How will taxing cattle’s burps, farts tackle climate change?

Firstpost  

Denmark has planned to impose the world’s first emissions tax on livestock from 2030. The problem of methane emissions Methane, the second most common greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide, accounts for about 16 per cent of global emissions. Denmark’s new cattle emissions tax Denmark has decided to implement the world’s first emissions tax on livestock. The rebate will increase if …

India eyes seaweed to cut methane-filled bovine burps in climate change fight
4 months ago

India eyes seaweed to cut methane-filled bovine burps in climate change fight

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Indian cows and buffalos may be put on a diet of seaweed to tackle the problem of bovine burps–the methane-emitting scourge in the fight against climate change. “Given the 60-70% increase in demand of animal products by 2050, livestock farming is expected to face a significant challenge in meeting feed demands," the spokesperson said. “Integrating seaweed into livestock …

Scientists seek miracle pill to stop methane cow burps
4 months, 1 week ago

Scientists seek miracle pill to stop methane cow burps

Raw Story  

by Julie JAMMOT A scientist guides a long tube into the mouth and down to the stomach of Thing 1, a two-month-old calf that is part of a research project aiming to prevent cows from burping methane, a potent greenhouse gas. "Almost half of the increase in temperature that we've had so far, it's been because of methane," said Ermias …

Researchers work to reduce emissions in dairy industry
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Researchers work to reduce emissions in dairy industry

China Daily  

Editor's note: China Daily is publishing a series illustrating the country's efforts to achieve its carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals. LIAN ZHEN/XINHUA With China's appetite for milk showing no signs of turning sour, a team of scientists has embarked on a groundbreaking mission in the Inner Mongolian autonomous region to create low-methane-emitting dairy cows. Launched last year by Sk.xing, …

Cattle breathalyser captures burps to track emissions, battle climate change
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Cattle breathalyser captures burps to track emissions, battle climate change

ABC  

The agriculture industry is the third largest source of Australia's greenhouse gas emissions, however, new technology could help cattle farmers reduce their impact by "breathalysing" their herds. "Every single breath tells a different story and we've been able to map the breath to give us insights on pregnancy, disease and methane," Dr Carnovale said. "We're working to improve the genetics …

Food is a huge source of methane emissions. Fixing that is no easy feat.
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Food is a huge source of methane emissions. Fixing that is no easy feat.

Salon  

An international team of researchers found that global emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, rose faster than ever in the three years ending in 2022. This is the Global Carbon Project's fourth report tracking the sources and sinks of methane emissions, and in the last global methane budget, published in 2020, agriculture and waste also contributed roughly twice the …

Converting cow manure to fuel is growing climate solution, but critics say communities put at risk
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Converting cow manure to fuel is growing climate solution, but critics say communities put at risk

Associated Press  

PIXLEY, Calif. — The stench of cow feces, urine and ammonia forces residents to keep windows and doors closed in parts of California’s farming country. Robbie Macias, Aemetis vice president of biogas, gestures while demonstrating the strength of a dairy digester with Wickstrom Jersey Farms manager Brent Wickstrom on Thursday, May 9, 2024, in Hilmar, Calif. A separator removes solids …

New Zealand scraps plan to monetise livestock's burps, farts, urine
9 months, 3 weeks ago

New Zealand scraps plan to monetise livestock's burps, farts, urine

Firstpost  

The New Zealand economy is driven by agriculture with around 10 million cattle and 25 million sheep roaming the nation’s pastures. Cattle burps and flatulence emit methane gas while livestock urine leaks nitrous oxide into the atmosphere New Zealand’s centre-right government said Tuesday it is scrapping a scheme to price greenhouse gas emissions from livestock – squelching a so-called burp …

United by common challenges
10 months ago

United by common challenges

China Daily  

SONG CHEN/CHINA DAILY China and the US can work together to reduce methane emissions while ensuring global food security To limit global warming, it is essential to curb methane emissions, which have 86 times the warming potential of carbon dioxide and can cause significant temperature increases within the next two decades. The US released its US Methane Emissions Reduction Action …

How New Zealand is reducing methane emissions from farming
1 year, 3 months ago

How New Zealand is reducing methane emissions from farming

BBC  

How New Zealand is reducing methane emissions from farming Getty Images New Zealand is home to 10 million cattle and half of its national emissions come from agriculture New Zealand is home to 10 million cows and 26 million sheep. It's the first step in breeding dairy cows that naturally produce less methane – one way New Zealand is hoping …

Why some people think California’s cow manure methane plan stinks
1 year, 3 months ago

Why some people think California’s cow manure methane plan stinks

LA Times  

At a massive dairy farm in the San Joaquin Valley, nearly 14,000 Holstein cows crane their necks through feeding stalls and gnaw leisurely on alfalfa. The state’s approach, she said, “creates a perverse incentive for people to not only continue emitting methane, but ramp up how much methane is getting generated at their facility.” Massive dairy farms are already among …

Why can't we just quit cows?
1 year, 5 months ago

Why can't we just quit cows?

Salon  

Cattle play a colossal role in climate change: As the single largest agricultural source of methane, a potent planet-warming gas, the world’s 940 million cows spew nearly 10% of all greenhouse gas emissions — much of it through belches and droppings. Of course, any reduction would be noteworthy given the nation’s outsized role in climate change — that drop would …

ICAR finds solution to control cattle produced greenhouse gas emissions
1 year, 6 months ago

ICAR finds solution to control cattle produced greenhouse gas emissions

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Methane gas emissions from livestock is one among the main contributors to the greenhouse effect that contributes to climate change, and India is taking steps to reduce livestock produced methane with the introduction of a feed supplement that cuts emissions of this gas by 30 to 50 per cent, deputy director general of Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Dr …

Methane big part of ‘alarming’ rise in planet-warming gases
1 year, 11 months ago

Methane big part of ‘alarming’ rise in planet-warming gases

Associated Press  

Methane in the atmosphere had its fourth-highest annual increase in 2022, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported, part of an overall rise in planet-warming greenhouse gases that the agency called “alarming.” Though carbon dioxide typically gets more attention for its role in climate change, scientists are particularly concerned about methane because it traps much more heat — about 87 …

Methane big part of 'alarming' rise in planet-warming gases
1 year, 11 months ago

Methane big part of 'alarming' rise in planet-warming gases

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Methane in the atmosphere had …

Red seaweed could be the answer to slashing methane emissions from cows, study shows
1 year, 11 months ago

Red seaweed could be the answer to slashing methane emissions from cows, study shows

ABC  

Forget fair-trade coffee beans and cows' milk substitutes, low-emission lattes could be the next big thing to land at your local cafe. Key points: A species of seaweed added to cattle feed can drastically reduce cows' burping This reduces methane emissions, which contribute to greenhouse gas pollution Cows consume the seaweed in dried pieces sprinkled on their food or as …

New Zealand wants to tax cow burps (yes, you read that correctly)
2 years ago

New Zealand wants to tax cow burps (yes, you read that correctly)

Salon  

New Zealand, where agriculture is one of the largest contributors to climate change, is proposing a tax on cow burps. Right now, the country's effects on climate change come roughly equally from carbon dioxide and methane. A rough equivalence of the heating from methane to that of carbon dioxide is often used to estimate its effects on the climate, but …

The way we eat could add nearly 1 degree of warming by 2100
2 years ago

The way we eat could add nearly 1 degree of warming by 2100

Associated Press  

Greenhouse gas emissions from the way humans produce and consume food could add nearly 1 degree of warming to the Earth’s climate by 2100, according to a new study. “I think the biggest takeaway that I would want to have is the fact that methane emissions are really dominating the future warming associated with the food sector,” said Catherine C. …

How feed additives could cut methane emissions from livestock by 90 per cent
2 years, 1 month ago

How feed additives could cut methane emissions from livestock by 90 per cent

ABC  

Scientists appear to have solved one of the biggest environmental challenges facing the global meat industry — how to dramatically reduce methane emissions from cow burps. Dutch company Royal DSM has spent the past decade developing a chemically made powder that executive Mark van Nieuwland said reduced methane emissions, when fed to feedlot cattle, by up to 92 per cent. …

Why a tax on cow burps might not be the best way to fight climate change
2 years, 1 month ago

Why a tax on cow burps might not be the best way to fight climate change

Firstpost  

New Zealand, where agriculture is one of the largest contributors to climate change, is proposing a tax on cow burps. Right now, the country’s effects on climate change come roughly equally from carbon dioxide and methane. Worldwide, 150 governments have committed to cut methane emissions, both from agriculture and by cracking down on the largest source — fugitive leaks from …

Bill Gates invests in startup that seeks to control methane emission from cow burps
2 years, 2 months ago

Bill Gates invests in startup that seeks to control methane emission from cow burps

The Hindu  

Billionaire Bill Gates will invest in an Australian startup that will work on reducing methane emissions from cow burps. Mr. Gates has long advocated on the world’s richest nations to switch from beef to plant-based alternatives in order to combat climate change. The billionaire software developer and philanthropist talks about the policy adjustments and technological advancements required to help reduce …

Methane-reducing seaweed asparagopsis up for sale after years of research
2 years, 9 months ago

Methane-reducing seaweed asparagopsis up for sale after years of research

ABC  

After years of frantic research and fast-tracked commercial licensing, cattle feedlots can now buy asparagopsis, a native Australian seaweed touted to reduce methane emissions by "90 to 95 per cent" when fed to cows and sheep. Key points: Seller CH4 says it will look to develop markets in Australia, New Zealand and overseas The industry could be worth billions a …

Victoria's first seaweed farm aims to reduce livestock emissions
3 years, 1 month ago

Victoria's first seaweed farm aims to reduce livestock emissions

ABC  

In a Victorian-first, seaweed is being farmed to one day reduce methane emissions in cows. Key points: In a Victorian first, seaweed is being commercially farmed in Port Phillip The Asparagopsis armata will be fed to cattle to reduce methane emissions Eating just 50 grams per day can reduce emissions and help cattle gain weight faster The numbers are impressive. …

Op-Ed: Methane regulations were one victory of the Glasgow climate talks. What comes next?
3 years, 3 months ago

Op-Ed: Methane regulations were one victory of the Glasgow climate talks. What comes next?

LA Times  

This year’s global climate talks in Glasgow, Scotland, came with the usual sense of anticlimax: lots of lofty rhetoric, too little action. Methane, the “evil twin” of carbon dioxide, is responsible for roughly half of historical climate warming to date, despite being marketed as the cleaner burning fossil fuel. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s October report underscored how urgently …

Morrisons supermarket funds trial feeding cows red UK seaweed to cut carbon emissions
3 years, 4 months ago

Morrisons supermarket funds trial feeding cows red UK seaweed to cut carbon emissions

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Morrisons is funding the three-year experiment with Queen’s University Belfast to find out how effective feeding cows seaweed from …

Why must the world quickly tackle methane?
3 years, 5 months ago

Why must the world quickly tackle methane?

The Independent  

Where does methane come from and how can we curb emissions? The International Energy Agency urged governments earlier this year to clamp down on the worst offenders, and also to require companies to design in ways of keeping methane leaks to a minimum. Manure and flatulence from livestock forms a large part of the sector’s emissions, though rice paddies, where …

Reducing the carbon 'hoofprint': Cows fed seaweed release less methane in burps and gas
3 years, 5 months ago

Reducing the carbon 'hoofprint': Cows fed seaweed release less methane in burps and gas

Daily Mail  

Seaweed could be a new weapon against climate change – scientists are feeding it to cows, which produce 25 percent of all methane in the atmosphere. Scroll down for video Seaweed could be a new weapon against climate change – scientists are feeing it to cows that produce 25 percent of all methane in the atmosphere just by passing gas …

Animal products make up 57% of food-based greenhouse gas emissions, study finds
3 years, 6 months ago

Animal products make up 57% of food-based greenhouse gas emissions, study finds

Daily Mail  

Meat and dairy accounts for 57 per cent of food-based greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new computer modelling study. Overall, taking into account farmland, livestock and land use changes, global food production is responsible for 17.318 billion metric tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions per year, the authors say. Global greenhouse gas emissions from animal-based foods, including but not limited …

Cows fed small amount of seaweed burp 86 per cent less methane in trial
4 years ago

Cows fed small amount of seaweed burp 86 per cent less methane in trial

ABC  

Feeding cattle a small amount of a seaweed species found in Australia has been shown to reduce their methane emissions by up to 86 per cent. Key points: Red seaweed contains a compound that can reduce the production of methane Proponents say it could be the equivalent of removing 100 million cars from the road if adopted by the agriculture …

Seaweed supplements can reduce methane in cattle by 82 per cent, new research claims
4 years ago

Seaweed supplements can reduce methane in cattle by 82 per cent, new research claims

The Independent  

Meat is popular but it is very bad for the planet. Now, scientists at the University of California, Davis have found that adding “a bit of seaweed” to cattle feed could reduce methane emissions from beef herds by as much as 82 per cent. PhD candidate Breanna Roque, who also worked on the study, said: “This could help farmers sustainably …

Want Carbon-Neutral Cows? Algae Isn’t the Answer
4 years ago

Want Carbon-Neutral Cows? Algae Isn’t the Answer

Wired  

Recent technological breakthroughs have us feeling hopeful about a green future. Many of the claims about the technology’s promise are based on small-scale tests—to actually have a meaningful impact, we’d have to find a way to cater algae to most of the world’s 1.5 billion cows, including 100 million in the US alone. This means that even if algae diets …

Australian 'super seaweed' supplement to reduce cattle gas emissions wins $1m international prize
4 years, 3 months ago

Australian 'super seaweed' supplement to reduce cattle gas emissions wins $1m international prize

ABC  

A company commercialising a CSIRO-developed, seaweed feed product, which slashes the amount of greenhouse gases cattle burp and fart into the atmosphere, has won a $1 million international prize for its work reshaping the food system. Key points: Methane emissions from livestock make up about 15 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions A CSIRO-developed seaweed product that reduces greenhouse …

Gene-editing cows could cut greenhouse gas emissions from their farts and belches, study suggests
4 years, 5 months ago

Gene-editing cows could cut greenhouse gas emissions from their farts and belches, study suggests

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Editing the genetic make-up of cows could significantly reduce methane from their belches and farts …

Global methane emissions are at a record high, and burping cows are driving the rise
4 years, 8 months ago

Global methane emissions are at a record high, and burping cows are driving the rise

CNN  

CNN — Methane emissions are at their highest level ever, with agriculture and fossil fuels the biggest drivers, according to new research. Climate models suggest that continued increases in methane levels could see global temperatures increase by 3-4 degrees Celsius by 2100, researchers from the Global Carbon Project said in a statement published Wednesday. Researchers looked at methane emissions from …

How artificial shrimps could change the world
5 years, 1 month ago

How artificial shrimps could change the world

The Economist  

F OR A LONG time, beef has been a target of environmentalists because of cattle farming’s contribution to global warming. Draining mangrove swamps to make way for aquaculture is even more harmful to the atmosphere than felling rainforest to provide pasture for cattle. A study conducted in 2017 by CIFOR, a research institute, found that in both these instances, by …

Scientists prepare to farm puffy pink seaweed that stops cows burping methane
5 years, 7 months ago

Scientists prepare to farm puffy pink seaweed that stops cows burping methane

ABC  

Researchers want to mass-farm a native Queensland seaweed, which stops cows burping methane, in a bid to help cut the country's greenhouse gas emissions. Associate Professor Nicholas Paul from the University of the Sunshine Coast said if enough of the algae was grown it could reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Australia by 10 per cent. "When added to cow feed …

The cows that could help fight climate change
5 years, 7 months ago

The cows that could help fight climate change

BBC  

The cows that could help fight climate change AgResearch Vaccinating cows so that the bacteria in their gut produces less methane could help to slash greenhouse gas emissions from farming A hefty slice of global greenhouse gas emissions come from the smelly bodily functions of livestock. Livestock are responsible for burping the methane equivalent of 3.1 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide …

Can we grow enough seaweed to help cows fight climate change?
5 years, 9 months ago

Can we grow enough seaweed to help cows fight climate change?

Salon  

Over the past few months, graduate students and researchers at California’s Moss Landing Marine Laboratories have scoured coastal waters, collecting seaweed in the hopes of finding a native species that could help gassy cows. “If we’re going to use seaweed to feed cows and do it on an impactful scale, there’s an interest in local sources, so we’re not sticking …

Yes, eating meat affects the environment, but cows are not killing the climate
5 years, 11 months ago

Yes, eating meat affects the environment, but cows are not killing the climate

Associated Press  

Frank M. Mitloehner, University of California, Davis As the scale and impacts of climate change become increasingly alarming, meat is a popular target for action. Unfortunately, the agency’s initial claim that livestock was responsible for the lion’s share of world greenhouse gas emissions had already received wide coverage. But according to one recent study, even if Americans eliminated all animal …

Fighting Global Warming Requires Changes In How Cows Are Fed
6 years ago

Fighting Global Warming Requires Changes In How Cows Are Fed

NPR  

Fighting Global Warming Requires Changes In How Cows Are Fed Stopping climate change won't just mean a halt to burning coal and gasoline. DAN CHARLES, BYLINE: A scientist named Jacobo Arango was traveling in a forested part of his country, Colombia, when he ran into a big cause of global warming. SEARCHINGER: There is no solution to climate change that …

Methane in the atmosphere is surging, and that’s got scientists worried
6 years, 1 month ago

Methane in the atmosphere is surging, and that’s got scientists worried

LA Times  

Scientists love a good mystery. That’s because many scenarios for meeting its goal of keeping global warming “well below 2 degrees Celsius” assumed that methane would be falling by now, buying time to tackle the long-term challenge of reducing carbon dioxide emissions. “I don’t want to run around and cry wolf all the time, but it is something that is …

Livestock farming could take up half the greenhouse gas emissions by 2030: Study
6 years, 4 months ago

Livestock farming could take up half the greenhouse gas emissions by 2030: Study

Firstpost  

Methane has 85 times the global warming potential carbon dioxide has over a 20-year time period. The livestock sector could use almost half of the 1.5 degrees Celsius greenhouse gas emission budget allowed by 2030, so addressing this should be a key part of the strategy to hit climate targets, a new study said on Tuesday. Set targets to transition …

Swiss cow feed fights global warming by cutting flatulence in livestock
6 years, 5 months ago

Swiss cow feed fights global warming by cutting flatulence in livestock

Daily Mail  

Cows are one of the most flatulent creatures on Earth. But, according to experts, their greenhouse gas emissions could be unnecessarily high - because of the diet they're fed by competitive cattle farmers. The United Nations says livestock farming alone is responsible for up to 18 percent of the greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming. Vow emissions could be …

Study tests whether seaweed in cattle feed reduces emissions
6 years, 7 months ago

Study tests whether seaweed in cattle feed reduces emissions

Associated Press  

DAVIS, Calif. — University of California researchers are feeding seaweed to dairy cows in an attempt to make cattle more climate-friendly. UC Davis is studying whether adding small amounts of seaweed to cattle feed can help reduce their emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that’s released when cattle burp, pass gas or make manure. “I wasn’t expecting it to …

Feeding cows seaweed cuts 99% of greenhouse gas emissions from their burps, research finds
6 years, 10 months ago

Feeding cows seaweed cuts 99% of greenhouse gas emissions from their burps, research finds

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Feeding seaweed to cows could slash the amount of climate change-inducing methane emissions from their …

WHY ARE COWS BAD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT?
7 years, 2 months ago

WHY ARE COWS BAD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT?

Daily Mail  

The livestock animals are notorious for creating large amounts of methane, which is a major contributor to global warming. Each of the farm animals produces the equivalent of three tonnes of carbon dioxide per year and the amount of the animals is increasing with the growing need to feed a booming population. Methane is one of the most potent greenhouse …

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