Post by Keith on Nov 21, 2024 8:27:08 GMT -6
Inside the crazy race to stop cow farts and save the world
Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, amateur space explorer and one of the richest people on the planet, has joined the race to stop cows farting – and save the planet.
The $10 billion Bezos Earth Fund, which funds research into tackling climate change, has donated $9.4 million to a project at the Pirbright Institute in Surrey, which is trying to develop a vaccine that will reduce the amount of methane-producing microbes in the stomachs of cows.
“This project represents a moonshot in our efforts to reduce livestock methane emissions,” says Dr Andy Jarvis, the director of the Future of Food at the Bezos Earth Fund.
Bovine flatulence and burping is considered so environmentally dangerous that it is currently being tackled by many teams of scientists all around the world with many different approaches.
www.telegraph.co.uk/environment/0/cow-fart-vaccine/
Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, amateur space explorer and one of the richest people on the planet, has joined the race to stop cows farting – and save the planet.
The $10 billion Bezos Earth Fund, which funds research into tackling climate change, has donated $9.4 million to a project at the Pirbright Institute in Surrey, which is trying to develop a vaccine that will reduce the amount of methane-producing microbes in the stomachs of cows.
“This project represents a moonshot in our efforts to reduce livestock methane emissions,” says Dr Andy Jarvis, the director of the Future of Food at the Bezos Earth Fund.
Bovine flatulence and burping is considered so environmentally dangerous that it is currently being tackled by many teams of scientists all around the world with many different approaches.
www.telegraph.co.uk/environment/0/cow-fart-vaccine/