Officials and scientists from 28 countries that have signed up to the Global Research Alliance will arrive in Wellington next […]
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Newsletter Digest: The CRI Taskforce, a sequenced methanogen, non-smoking NZ and GM
CRI Taskforce set to give its verdict The CRI Taskforce, set up by the Government to review the structure of […]
Continue readingOne step closer to livestock that burp less
Today, the first map of a rumen methanogen DNA sequence was published in the journal PLoS One, giving scientists worldwide […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Counting burps – it’s a gas
Kathy Marks of the NZ Herald reports on an Australian project in which sheep are to have their burp outputs […]
Continue readingTVNZ/Newstalk ZB: Researchers attempt to silence the lambs
Scientists all over the world are looking into strategies which would reduce the amount of methane produced by livestock. An […]
Continue readingDom Post: Scientists show methane levels up
Kiran Chug of the Dominion post reports new evidence which has shown that methane levels worldwide are on the rise […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: GM grass trial aims to cut cows’ gas
Eloise Gibson of the New Zealand Herald reports on efforts to develop and grow a new type of grass – […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Nasa – Methane effect worse than thought
Eloise Gibson of the NZ Herald reports on a recent study from NASA which suggests that New Zealand’s contribution to […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Hungry bugs could slash animal-gas danger
In the fight to reduce New Zealand’s methane emissions, some tiny organisms could be major contenders. Eloise Gibson of the […]
Continue readingTackling methane emissions – the science involved
As the world’s governments prepare to gather in Copenhagen to hammer out an agreement to lower greenhouse gas emissions, New […]
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