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Fish oils reduce greenhouse gas emissions from flatulent cows

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 30, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

The benefits to animals of omega 3 fatty acids in fish oils have been well documented - helping the heart and circulatory system, improving meat quality and reducing methane emissions.


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Australian scientists aim to reduce sheep burps

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 29, 2009 | popularity 2.2 / 5 (6) | comments 9

Australian scientists are working to breed a sheep that belches less, as they look for ways to reduce harmful methane emissions from the country's woolly flocks, a researcher said Sunday.


Cow Backpacks Trap Methane Gas

Cow Backpacks Trap Methane Gas

Other Sciences / Other

created Jul 11, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (104) | comments 34

(PhysOrg.com) -- In an attempt to understand the extent of cow flatulence on global warming, scientists in Argentina are strapping plastic bags to the backs of cows to capture their emissions.


Plant life not a villain in methane emissions debate

Plant life not a villain in methane emissions debate

Biology /

created Jan 14, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A comprehensive investigation of plant emissions led by University of South Australia molecular biologist Dr Ellen Nisbet has put pay to the assertion that plants are producing and releasing ...


Researchers find way to cut cattle methane, threat to environment, by 25 percent

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 07, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Beef farmers can breathe easier thanks to University of Alberta researchers who have developed a formula to reduce methane gas in cattle.


Methane gas levels begin to increase again

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 29, 2008 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (32) | comments 33

The amount of methane in Earth's atmosphere shot up in 2007, bringing to an end a period of about a decade in which atmospheric levels of the potent greenhouse gas were essentially stable, according to a team led by MIT researchers.


Explaining the methane mystery

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 27, 2006 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (13) | comments 0

Scientists have explained why atmospheric levels of the greenhouse gas methane have stabilised in recent years, but warn that increases could resume in the near future.


Ancient British bog provides clue to global warming

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 19, 2007 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (20) | comments 0

Analysis of sediments from a British bog suggest that methane emissions increased due to intense global warming around 55 million years ago.


Stressed crops emit more methane than thought

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists at the University of Calgary have found that methane emission by plants could be a bigger problem in global warming than previously thought.


Landfill cover soil methane oxidation underestimated

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Landfilled waste decomposes in the absence of oxygen and results in the production of methane. Landfills are classified as the second-largest human-made source of CH4 in the U.S. Additionally, landfill gas contains numerous ...


Oil spray reduces greenhouse gas emissions from pig finishing barns

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 08, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Animal feeding operations are an important emission source of air pollutants including methane and carbon dioxide—known greenhouse gases. Recent inventories suggest that animal manure makes a significant contribution to global ...


Scientists look to cut cow flatulence

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 21, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (18) | comments 2

Scientists in Scotland said they've found a way to cut greenhouse gas emissions by curbing cow and sheep flatulence.


Plants do not emit methane

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 27, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (16) | comments 0

A recent study in Nature suggested that terrestrial plants may be a global source of the potent greenhouse gas methane, making plants substantial contributors to the annual global methane budget. This controversial findin ...


Methane from microbes: a fuel for the future

Biology /

created Dec 10, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Microbes could provide a clean, renewable energy source and use up carbon dioxide in the process, suggested Dr James Chong at a Science Media Centre press briefing today.


Carbon sequestration may enhance energy production, researchers say

Carbon sequestration may enhance energy production, researchers say

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- As energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions continually rise in the United States, unconventional natural gas sources coupled with advances in carbon sequestration may be the solution, ...