The world isn’t slowing down when it comes to meat consumption, meaning emissions from the meat industry are only rising. Since people aren’t stopping their habits, scientists may have found a solution for cutting emissions in the form of seaweed. They have found a type of seaweed suitable for cow feed that could cut emissions from cow burps by up to 99 percent. The seaweed feed could put a major dent in the emissions from the agricultural sector, but first the scientists must figure out how to sustainably harvest enough of seaweed to feed millions of cows.
Seaweed could slow down emissions from cow burps
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