Flatulence is often blamed as a significant source of greenhouse gases, owing to the erroneous belief that the methane released by livestock is in the flatus.ABC Southern Queensland: "Could skippy stop cows farting and end global warming?" February 3, 2006. Example of error. Although the article doesn't specify whether the methane is released by flatulence or eructation, it appears the headline-writer assumes it's through flatulence. While livestock account for around 20% of global methane emissions, 90–95% of that is released by exhaling or burping."Bovine belching called udderly serious gas problem – Global warming concerns spur effort to cut methane." By Gary Polakovic. Los Angeles Times, July 13, 2003. In cows, gas and burps are produced by methane-generating microbes called methanogens, which live inside the cow's digestive system. Proposals for reducing methane production in cows include the feeding of supplements such as oregano and seaweed, and the genetic engineering of gut biome microbes to produce less methane.
Flatulence is often blamed as a significant source of greenhouse gases, owing to the erroneous belief that the methane released by livestock is in the flatus.ABC Southern Queensland "Could skippy stop cows farting and end global warming?" February 3, 2006. Example of error. Although the article doesn't specify whether the methane is released by flatulence or eructation, it appears the headline-writer assumes it's through flatulence. While livestock account for around 20% of global methane emissions, 90–95% of that is released by exhaling or burping."Bovine belching called udderly serious gas problem – Global warming concerns spur effort to cut methane." By Gary Polakovic. Los Angeles Times, July 13, 2003. In cows gas and burps are produced by methane-generating microbes called methanogens, which live inside the cow's digestive system. Proposals for reducing methane production in cows include the feeding of supplements such as oregano and seaweed and the genetic engineering of gut biome microbes to produce less methane.