When you hear the words ‘cow farts,’ you probably giggle a little. But bovine flatulence and belches are pumping methane into the atmosphere, and contributing even more greenhouse gas emissions than scientists previously thought. According to new NASA-funded research, estimates of livestockemissions could have been off by around 10 percent.
When we think of greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change, carbon dioxide is typically the first one that comes to mind. But methane – even though it can break down quicker – is around 85 times more powerful in trapping heat. And guess who’s pouring methane into the air? Cows. Three scientists, from the United States Department of Agriculture, Joint Global Change Research Institute, and the United States Department of Energy, reevaluated data employed to calculate 2006 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change emissions factors. They created…
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Exposing the Big Game 
Talk about poetic justice! What could be better than emissions from the back end of cows contributing to our doom. It’s the equivalent of a bovine finger.
Too bad people can’t see the methane- message coming from the cows. Most won’t get the message until it’s too late…