Can seaweed help stop the methane from cow burps?
In short: Cattle are a major source of global greenhouse gas emissions. This video explores how an ingenious dietary solution involving seaweed could significantly reduce the methane released by livestock.
Cows contribute up to four percent of global emissions, with a single animal capable of belching 220 pounds of methane each year. Animal scientist Ermias Kebreab, a professor at UC Davis, presents research into using seaweed—grown beneath the ocean surface—as a feed additive to mitigate these methane-rich burps.
Kebreab's work addresses a critical climate challenge, drawing on his experience as a contributor to the 2019 IPCC update on livestock emissions and his leadership in UN task forces on feed additives.
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