Summary:
- Researchers have found that adding a small amount of seaweed to the diet of cows can significantly reduce the amount of methane they produce through burping and flatulence.
- The study showed that adding just 0.2% of a specific type of red seaweed to a cow's diet can reduce their methane emissions by up to 98%.
- Reducing methane emissions from cows is important, as livestock farming is a major contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions, and methane is a potent greenhouse gas.