Sentences with phrase «less methane»

The good news, research has suggested, is that there is far less methane than CO2 in the atmosphere to worry about.

In an expedition to the same region four years later, she had the chance to compare the measurements taken at different times, and found significantly less methane in the water samples.

They observed that cows whose feed contained the powder produced 30 percent less methane and gained weight compared to cows who ate typical diets.

Per gram of cricket protein, compared to beef, they need 2,000 times less water, 12 times less feed, and emit 80 times less methane.

Certified farms must reduce their carbon footprint by providing cattle with an easy to digest diet — generating less methane emissions — treating manure and protecting the trees in pastures and neighboring forested areas.

They found that well - fed kangaroos produced less methane compared to the others who ate less.

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«Luckily, the opposite is also true: if we emit less greenhouse gas and the temperature drops, we gain a bonus in the form of less methane production.

Exponentially less methane would be able to reach the atmosphere in waters that are thousands of feet deep at the very edge of the shallow seas near continents, which is the area of the ocean where the bulk of methane hydrates are,» Sparrow says.

The science seems to indicate that a rich diet, like the corn used to finish cattle, results in significantly less methane (more fat faster), and poor diets, like the grass feed to cattle on the range, tend to result in more methane.

Given that most fishes convert feed to flesh much more efficiently than cows, as well as producing healthier food and contributing less methane to the atmosphere, an alternative would be to reduce beef production and instead use available land to grow crops for fish feed.

Does anyone know if grass - fed / finished beef produces less methane than the corn - fed kind?

Some studies conducted in the United States suggest that fracking may be adding to methane emissions, but others indicate that there is less methane leaking than expected.

It's possible that warming at high latitudes leads to drying in many regions, and thus less methane emissions, and in fact this is what we found.»

There is far less methane in the atmosphere than C02, but that effect may well have contributed a couple percent to the observed rise in C02 levels.

In 2002, scientists noticed that rice plants with more grain also emit less methane.

There are ongoing developments that could make a slight dent in agriculture emissions, Wollenberg and her team note, such as efforts to single out cattle breeds that produce less methane, or new varieties of wheat and maize that don't produce nitrous oxide.

The quality of food is better, so more of the hydrocarbon goes to fat — less methane production per unit of food, but still a lot of methane.

The result, says Mathres, is a healthier cow that produces better milk and more meat but with 30 percent less methane.

Some say animals emit less methane than we've been told — and that herds can be managed to restore the environment.

But thanks to plasma technology, one city's rotting rubbish will soon release far less methane — and provide power for 50,000 homes — because of an innovation in plasma technology backed by Atlanta - based Geoplasma.

The less readily decomposable organic materials that go into landfills, the less methane will be produced.»

The methane piece of the global warming puzzle is even more difficult to grasp because while its levels have steadily risen since the mid-19th century, they have leveled off in the past decade, and scientists aren't sure why — there could be less methane emissions or more destruction of the molecule as it reacts in the atmosphere.

The methane piece of the global warming puzzle is even more difficult to grasp because while its levels have steadily risen since the mid-19th century, they have leveled off in the past decade, and scientists aren't sure why — there could be less methane emissions or more destruction of the molecule as it reacts in the atmosphere.