Chinese Zoologists Monitor Cattle Burps to Track Methane Emissions
Can monitoring burps help fight climate change? Chinese zoologists have recently developed a system that estimates methane emissions from cattle and sheep by tracking their burp behavior, offering an innovative tool to support China's emission reduction efforts in agriculture.
The methane emission monitoring equipment, developed by researcher Tan Zhiliang's team from the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture (ISA) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was unveiled in Changsha in central China. According to Science and Technology Daily report, the device can show the burp spectrum of cattle and sheep
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