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Scientists Are Breeding Cows That Burp Less Methane. Here’s How That Could Save The Planet

The ‘Cool Cows’ project uses cutting-edge genetics and IVF technology to breed dairy cows that could help fight climate ...
PBS

Farmers turn to seaweed to reduce methane emissions

As the world races to curb climate change, scientists are taking aim at cows, a surprisingly potent source of greenhouse gases. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien traveled from California to Mexico ...
Irish Farmers Journal

Reducing methane emissions 'essential' in meeting agriculture’s target

Reducing methane emissions from livestock is essential in reducing agriculture’s overall greenhouse gas emissions.
EurekAlert!

Scientists hack microbes to identify environmental sources of methane

An electron microscope image of single-celled methanogens, members of the archaea branch of the tree of life. They are ubiquitous in oxygen-free environments, turning simple foods into methane, a ...
YourErie

Study finds methane leaking into PA ground water from oil, gas wells

Geochemists at Penn State’s College of Earth and Mineral Sciences recently found in a study that retired oil and gas wells ...

Higher methane emissions from warmer lakes and reservoirs may exacerbate worst-case climate scenario

Emissions of the greenhouse gas methane from lakes and reservoirs risk doubling by the end of the century due to climate ...
SpaceNews

GHGSat continues to expand its methane-monitoring constellation

Ahead of the 30th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Brazil, the Montreal-based GHGSat is preparing to expand its methane-monitoring ...