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A massive explosion at the Southfork Dairy Farms near Dimmitt, Texas, leaves 18,000 cattle dead while the actual cause of the event remains unknown to officials.
of the consequences. it is mainly when they burp that the planet gets more unwanted methane. a lot of people don t realise that methane is 85 times more harmful than c02, and a cow burps enough methane each year equivalent to a car. methane levels in our atmosphere, seen here in red, are increasing by 1% every year. the gas absorbs heat from the sun and that causes global warming. luke has been working with scientists in scotland to develop a special type of seaweed that reacts in a cow s stomach to reduce emissions. it is creating huge interest in an industry increasingly conscious of its impact on the planet. farming is probably responsible for around 30 plus percent of the global greenhouse emissions, so, therefore, anything we can do to tackle those emissions is really important. 0bviously, livestock is a big part of that. just a sprinkling is enough to make these burping cattle more eco friendly. that is what is amazing, something so small can have a massive impact. that is what
if a french ailurophile fancies a chat, what does a polish cynophile fancy? we won t give away the answer, but it will be on the gchq website, along with the other brain teasers for you to try. you might want to pause for a moment if you are eating because we re going to talk about bovine burping. cows belch huge amounts of methane which causes global warming but the problem can be massively reduced with just a pinch of dried seaweed in their feed, as paul murphy reports. as they munch through their winter feed, these lincoln reds are blissfully unaware of the consequences. it is mainly when they burp that the planet gets more unwanted methane. a lot of people don t realise that methane is 85 times more harmful than c02, and a cow burps enough methane each year equivalent to a car. methane levels in our atmosphere, seen here in red, are increasing by 1% every year.