New Scientific Research Concludes Cows Are NOT Harming The Climate
For the past several years there has been growing media attention on scientific reports that state that methane gas from cow burps and farts is causing global warming. Pretty much anyone that raises cattle in a pasture environment (perhaps not so for rapid growth feed lots) knows that this is not the case, and that ruminant animals grazing properly on the land is actualy good for the environment. Now a new scientific research report concludes that cows are NOT harming the climate. Some quotes from this new research report:
- “Our key conclusion is there is no need for anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs), and even less so for livestock-born emissions, to explain climate change.”
- “Between 1990 and 2005, the world cattle population rose by more than 100 million head (according to FAO statistics). During this time, atmospheric methane concentration stabilized completely.”
- “These empirical observations show that livestock is not a significant player in the global methane budget. This appreciation has been corroborated by Schwietzke et al. who suggested that methane emissions from fossil fuel industry and natural geological seepage have been 60–110% greater than previously thought,”
- “We could not find a domestic livestock fingerprint, neither in the geographical methane distribution nor in the historical evolution of the atmospheric methane concentration. Consequently, in science, politics, and the media, the climate impact of anthropogenic GHG emissions has been systematically overstated.”
- “Livestock-born GHG emissions have mostly been interpreted isolated from their ecosystemic context, ignoring their negligible significance within the global balance. There is no scientific evidence, whatsoever, that domestic livestock could represent a risk for the Earth’s climate.”
Finally, at least one scientist is seeing what we farmers and ranchers clearly see with their own eyes!
