FREEPORT, Maine - Coastal Maine has a lot of seaweed , and a fair number of cows. The researchers — from a marine science lab, an agriculture centre and universities in northern New England — are working on a plan to feed seaweed to cows to gauge whether that can help reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change. The reduction might be because the seaweed interrupts the process of production of the gas in the animals’ guts. They also intend to screen seaweeds for compounds that make them useful as cattle feed additives. One potential problem could lie in producing enough seaweed to feed to cows.

Source: thestar December 29, 2019 15:33 UTC