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Earth Wise

English - April 05, 2024 05:00 - 2 minutes - 2.77 MB - ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
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Livestock production – primarily cows – produce nearly 15% of global greenhouse gas emissions, mostly in the form of methane emitted by burping caused by the way they process food.  A single cow produces roughly 200 pounds of methane gas per year and there are 1.5 billion heads of cattle in the world. Researchers at […]