Cattle burping while chowing on feed in California’s San Joaquin Valley generated plumes of a powerful greenhouse gas that have been detected by satellites for the first time, shedding light on how agriculture may be contributing to climate change.
moment, the tools. we are a proud nation. but now, we are the problem of the nation. the dutch government plan includes paying livestock farmers to relocate or leave the industry altogether and helping those who remained to shift to more extensive rather than intensive farming methods. extensive rather than intensive farming methods. methane is a very important farming methods. methane is a very important greenhouse - farming methods. methane is a very important greenhouse gas| very important greenhouse gas and we should really try to reduce it. and we should really try to reduce it reduce it. here, they are experimented reduce it. here, they are experimented with - reduce it. here, they are - experimented with technology that could cut those harmful gases. that could cut those harmful cases. , ., , gases. here is where we measure the feed intake gases. here is where we measure the feed intake of gases. here is where we measure the feed intake of our gases. here is where we m
helping those who remain to shift to more extensive, rather than intensive farming methods. methane is a very important greenhouse gas. and we really should try to reduce it.- should try to reduce it. here they are should try to reduce it. here they are experimenting - should try to reduce it. here they are experimenting with i they are experimenting with technology that could cut those harmful gases. 50 technology that could cut those harmful gases. technology that could cut those harmful gases. so here is where we measure harmful gases. so here is where we measure the harmful gases. so here is where we measure the feed harmful gases. so here is where we measure the feed intake - harmful gases. so here is where we measure the feed intake of. we measure the feed intake of our cows, in those blue bins. each cow is recognised. the researchers found that simply swapping the feed can reduce dangerous gases by 15%, basically by making the cows burp less. basically by making the cow
aren t we, archie? last week, borisjohnson said household recycling is not the answer to this crisis. but for so many, it is often the first step. so we ve invited an expert over to explain other changes we all need to make to get emmissions right down. the biggest impact that your house has on climate change is from heating it. so things like, this radiator, and your hot water as well. so what kind of boiler do you have? it s a gas boiler. gas is a fossil fuel, it causes climate change when you burn it. and we need to switch to electric heating instead. can i have a look at your fridge? do you have to? the most problematic thing is actually your milk and your butter, and your meat. keeping animals, and particularly cows and sheep, burp and fart, methane. and that s actually a dangerous greenhouse gas. government advisers have suggested that we reduce meat and dairy
Cows fed small amount of seaweed burp 86 per cent less methane in trial
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Cattle methane was reduced by as much as 86 per cent when their diets were subsidised with seaweed.
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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 industry
Some scientists warn the side effects of eating red seaweed on a large scale could include the production of ozone-depleting gas