Dan Primack and Ben Geman of Axios report on a vaccine to reduce cow farts and burps.
- Cow burps are estimated to contribute to 5% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
- ArkeaBio’s claims its vaccine is safe and cost-effective and significantly reduces methane production in a cow’s digestive track.
- The company received $26.5 million from Bill Gates-backed Breakthrough Energy Ventures.
“Methane is much more potent than is carbon dioxide, in terms of its trapping atmospheric heat, although it also dissipates down faster.”
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