Wireless Devices To Be Placed in Cows to Study Methane Emissions
- 11 years ago
Wireless devices will be placed in cows' stomachs to measure methane release.
Gas from cows…. It’s something most humans don’t think about on a regular basis. However, cow flatulence and burps pose quite a problem for the environment.
According to a recent report, cow gas is responsible for nearly 30 percent of all human-related methane emissions. They heat up the planet, greatly contributing to the global warming effect.
The Sustainable Agriculture Flagship in Australia has created a new invention, which may help with the problem. They will place robot-like, wireless, winged contraptions into cows’ stomachs to keep track of exactly how much methane that they are releasing.
Researchers will then use that specific information to change the animals’ diet to reflect more eco-friendly, plant options, hence reducing the mass amounts of methane. The device is referred to as “a gas-sniffing submarine”, utilizing infrared sensors to record methane emissions.
Other than cows, some researchers believe that dinosaurs contributed significantly to global warming.
The theory is, that like cattle and other cud-chewing animals, dinosaur flatulence contained methane and the larger the mass, the larger the emission. Scientists believe that plant-eating dinosaurs were probably discharging over 550 million tons of methane per year.
Gas from cows…. It’s something most humans don’t think about on a regular basis. However, cow flatulence and burps pose quite a problem for the environment.
According to a recent report, cow gas is responsible for nearly 30 percent of all human-related methane emissions. They heat up the planet, greatly contributing to the global warming effect.
The Sustainable Agriculture Flagship in Australia has created a new invention, which may help with the problem. They will place robot-like, wireless, winged contraptions into cows’ stomachs to keep track of exactly how much methane that they are releasing.
Researchers will then use that specific information to change the animals’ diet to reflect more eco-friendly, plant options, hence reducing the mass amounts of methane. The device is referred to as “a gas-sniffing submarine”, utilizing infrared sensors to record methane emissions.
Other than cows, some researchers believe that dinosaurs contributed significantly to global warming.
The theory is, that like cattle and other cud-chewing animals, dinosaur flatulence contained methane and the larger the mass, the larger the emission. Scientists believe that plant-eating dinosaurs were probably discharging over 550 million tons of methane per year.