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Cows burp up a lot of methane thanks to the chemistry of their digestion. And since methane is a greenhouse gas, our beef and dairy have huge climate change consequences. This week on Reactions, we cover the gassy science of cow guts.

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Producer: Kirk Zamieroski
Writer: Alexa Billow

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Sources:
https://cbmjournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s13021-017-0084-y
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221209631730027X#b0250
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-bad-of-a-greenhouse-gas-is-methane/
http://www.ghgprotocol.org/sites/default/files/ghgp/Global-Warming-Potential-ValuesFeb162016_1.pdf
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5313486/
https://www.hindawi.com/journals/archaea/2010/945785/#B30
https://academic.oup.com/femsec/article/26/1/71/586924
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3370521/
https://www.wired.com/story/canada-is-using-genetics-to-make-cows-less-gassy/
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-25922514
http://www.jwnenergy.com/article/2018/1/cow-power-coming-california/
http://bigthink.com/design-for-good/this-is-how-you-turn-cow-fart-gas-into-energy
http://www.vet.ed.ac.uk/clive/cal/RUMENCAL/Frames/frmRumen.html
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22444607
http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/197623/icode/
http://www.fao.org/gleam/results/en/#c303617

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