Turning off the coal and gas plants and electrifying the entire vehicle fleet is, of course, only part of the battle. Agriculture accounts for an enormous chunk of global emissions, and the methane ...

Most cows are content to munch on the food they have in front of them, but some scientists think they need a splash of ...

Climate change is affecting our food, and our food is affecting the climate. NPR is dedicating a week to stories and conversations about the search for solutions. In a building on the edge of Cornell ...

Early indications of a UC Davis study show feeding dairy cows seaweed may reduce methane emissions caused by their belching, the university announced Thursday. UC Davis animal science professor Ermias ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — To say that cattle have a complex stomach is a major understatement. They have four separate compartments in their stomachs that allows them to break down grass and grains, and ...

Plugging leaky pipes, composting, and adding seaweed to dairy cows’ diets may not seem to have anything in common, but all three are ways organizations across New England are working to reduce the ...

A start-up has developed a vaccine that cuts methane emissions from cow burps, with plans for a commercial launch within three years. Cattle produce methane as a byproduct of fermenting grasses and ...

A species of fungus found in soil can be fed to cows to cut down on the potent greenhouse gas methane in their burps. “It’s a fungal soup,” says Matthew Callaghan at Roam Agricultural, a startup in ...

Methane from cattle burping in a California feed lot has been detected on satellites in something scientists studying animal science at the University of California at Davis say sheds light on how ...

Illinois is a top agricultural state, generating billions of dollars annually, but even where stalks of corn and acres of soybean vastly outnumber its 400,000 head of cattle, cows raised for beef and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A single cow raised for meat produces between 154 and 264 pounds of methane per year, according to the U.S. Environmental ...