According to the Environmental Working Group (EWG), the main cause of methane emissions into the environment is a result of the digestion of ruminant livestock: cows, sheep, etc. Researchers in Northern Australia are working to solve this problem. They may have found a supplement to reduce the burping (and farting) of cows. Their solution is seaweed. You don't hear much of a high demand for seaweed, but that may change according to researchers. The article states that seawees's chemicals work against the bacteria in that makes methane in the stomach, reducing emmisions by 99%. So, by adding a little seaweed into the diets of livestock may help the environment substantially. The article does mention a few other ways researchers have been trying to reduce methane emissions, but nothing has the scientific support as the seaweed.
Seaweed may pave the road to a healthier environment, and healthier livestock, but that would only be the beginning according to the EWG. Methane emission from livestock digestion are only one of the many ways greenhouse gases get into the air. They have a much bigger solution to the whole problem, but adding seaweed to animal feed may be decent start. Full Article Here.
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