Scientists invent grass that reduces dangerous methane emissions from flatulent cows
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The £1.6million project will see genetics experts from the University of Aarhus in Denmark use DNA technology to create a strand of ‘super grass’ which could be grown on farms across the world. Improving the digestion of cows will According to estimates, around 90 million metric tonnes of methane gas are released into the atmosphere every year due to the belching of cattle, and the Aarhus project is one of several attempts to reduce emissions. The US Food and Agriculture Organisation believes agricultural methane output could increase by 60 percent by 2030, with much of the gas being produced by the world’s 1.5 billion cows. "We know that cattle are one of agriculture's culprits when it comes to releasing greenhouse gases, so it's important that we explore how we can reduce cows' emissions," Denmark's’ environment minister Esben Lunde Larsen told Berlingske.
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