Scientists engineer climate-smart cows with 10 to 20 times more milk

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For starters, methane is produced by cattle during digestion. This greenhouse gas plays a role in global warming as it has a far higher warming potential than carbon dioxide . The main way that it is released is through the animals belching. Third, the way cow manure is managed leaves a high carbon foot print. Methane and other hazardous gases may be released into the atmosphere as a result of improper handling and disposal of the animals’ excrement.

The researchers plan to implant 100 of these new embryos into indigenous cattle in two Tanzanian locations this March and hope that the resulting animals will exhibit all the positive traits they are engineered to have.

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