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Australian seaweed farm tackles burps to help climate
- An underwater seaweed farm covering 1,800 hectares in the Tasman Sea near Triabunna, Tasmania, aims to reduce methane emissions from livestock.
- This initiative builds on evidence from over 40 studies showing seaweed additives lower methane from ruminants, which contribute more than 32 percent of human-related methane emissions.
- Research led by Fran Cowley published in August 2024 found that asparagopsis seaweed suppressed methane emissions by 95 percent without harming animal health or food quality.
- Cowley stated that because the seaweed introduces only a small amount of bromoform, this compound does not build up in the animals' meat or milk. The seaweed is cultivated both in the open ocean and in controlled seawater ponds.
- Sea Forest's founder Sam Elsom noted that cost to farmers is a major challenge, requiring financial incentives to make methane reduction efforts viable and sustainable.
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It is barely visible and does not need irrigation or fertilizer: to be located off the coast of Australia is a vast seaweed harvest intended to curb flatulences and bounds affecting livestock climate. The underwater farm extends over 1,800 hectares (4,400 acres) in the Tasman Sea, to [...]
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