A Cow Stands in Her Pen
Date: 10-Jul-08
Country: ARGENTINA
Author: Marcos Brindicci
Photo: Marcos Brindicci
Argentine scientists are taking a novel approach to studying global warming, strapping plastic tanks to the backs of cows to collect their burps.
Researchers say the slow digestive system of cows makes them a producer of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that gets far less public attention than carbon dioxide in efforts to fight global warming.
