The dairy industry might not seem like a major climate villain, but it’s responsible for about 4% of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions worldwide, most of that from cow burps. That’s right: when ...

Cows will be fed special beans in a government-funded trial to stop them burping so much methane. Cattle are major greenhouse ...

Methane is a major contributor to global heating, and cows produce a lot of it. There may, however, be a way to reduce all that gas: seaweed. On a research farm at the University of New Hampshire, ...

Scientists think they can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by tweaking the food that cows eat. A recent experiment from the University of California, Davis suggests that adding seaweed to cattle feed ...

A major UK trial of a controversial feed additive designed to reduce emissions of planet-warming methane gas by dairy cows has ended. Arla Foods, owner of the UK's largest dairy co-operative, is now ...

The state took a first small step toward requiring that dairies and livestock operations reduce their emissions of the ...

Researchers with Colorado State University are measuring methane released by cow burps.

FREEPORT, Maine—In the cold dark of 5 a.m., Kyle Moellar, an apprentice at Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture and the Environment, ushers a herd of cows into the milking parlor. Each waits patiently ...

Methane isn’t just an environmental buzzword—it is energy lost. Every puff of gas from a cow’s rumen represents feed energy that could have gone toward growth, milk or a calf. That simple truth is ...

TARGET AND WALMART WILL ALL BE CLOSED. UC DAVIS IS WORKING TO REDUCE METHANE EMISSIONS. LIVESTOCK NATURALLY PRODUCES IT. METEOROLOGIST HEATHER WALDMAN EXPLAINS WHY RESEARCHERS ARE STARTING WITH A COWS ...

A San Diego scientist and an Australian businessman are finding a way to produce a seaweed that nearly eliminates the production of methane in a cow’s stomach. KPBS sci-tech reporter Thomas Fudge ...

Methane is one of the most powerful greenhouse gases, warming the planet far faster than carbon dioxide over the short term. Yet much of the world’s methane escapes into the air from landfills, farms, ...