A California dairy farm tried to capture its methane. It worked. The study shows dairy digesters to capture and re-use methane produced by cows 🐄💨 can reduce atmospheric methane emissions by roughly 80% 📉. The gas is not just from the burps cows emit after eating, but from the way their manure is stored. 🐮💩
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University of California, Riverside
A California dairy tried to capture its methane. It worked.
A University of California, Riverside study shows dairy digesters can reduce methane emissions on farms by roughly 80 percent, which matches estimates state officials have used in their climate planning.
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A new study found yaks 🐂 and other indigenous bovines 🐄 produce far less methane 💨 than global models predict, suggesting current estimates are overstated.
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Nature
Methane emissions from indigenous nitrogen-efficient bovidae are overestimated
Communications Earth & Environment - Indigenous and crossbred bovines produce less methane and consume nitrogen more efficiently than improved bovines, according to a meta-analysis combined...
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