Turns out, genetically modified sheep could be one piece of the climate puzzle.
In particular, sheep belch and fart methane gas, which is 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide at trapping heat in the atmosphere, and therefore contribute to global warming. Now, in a bid to bring down greenhouse emissions, British farmers are trying to breed low-methane emitting sheep via genetic engineering.The approach builds on a successful trial in New Zealand whereby researchers selected and bred the world's first low methane-emitting sheep.
The research project started by proving that some sheep had naturally reduced emissions and that this characteristic was handed down through generations. With this in mind, how do scientists establish how much methane a sheep isTo assess the methane emissions of animals, researchers have access to various instruments. These include "portable accumulation chambers," PACs, and respiration chambers.
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