Carbon Neutral Cows With the Help of Red Seaweed

Nearly 1 billion cows roam fields <a href="https://www.statista.com/statistics/263979/global-cattle-population-since-1990/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">around the</a> globe, many of them living on factory farms. They are a key contributor to global warming and the problem is only getting worse. Specifically, it is a cow’s burp that drives their contribution. Each cow releases 220 pounds of methane per year, which is far worse than 220 pounds of carbon. For context, one <a href="https://www.epa.gov/gmi/importance-methane#:~:text=Methane%20is%20more%20than%2025,due%20to%20human%2Drelated%20activities." rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">kilogram of methane</a> is 25 times more potent at trapping heat than one kilogram of carbon dioxide. Eating a pound of beef is the rough equivalent <a href="https://asmith.ucdavis.edu/news/beef-not-bad-climate-you-think#:~:text=To%20compare%20it%20to%20driving,gallons%2020%20years%20from%20today." rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">of burning</a> 4.6 gallons of gasoline. This is partly why my partner and many others don’t eat meat. But it is clearly a hard sell convincing everyone to stop. I admittedly love a good steak here and there. Scientists are pushing for another alternative <a href="https://colsa.unh.edu/research/briefs/effects-red-seaweed-milk-production-methane#:~:text=Key%20Findings&text=When%20fed%20to%20dairy%20cows,of%20milk%20fat%20or%20protein)." rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">that may provide</a> a workaround: red seaweed. <a href="https://seanjkernan.medium.com/how-red-seaweed-could-help-produce-carbon-neutral-cows-6c8eb537bb97">Click Here</a>