MAINE PUBLIC • April 23, 2022
Methane is a significant driver of global climate change. Although it breaks down faster than carbon dioxide, it’s about 25 times more effective at trapping heat. And bovine burps are the culprits; 95% of the methane released by cows comes from belching, a byproduct of their digestive system. A team of New England scientists looking into whether feeding seaweed to the country’s roughly 90 million cattle could help cut their methane emissions.