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Livestock, Climate Change, and Attacks on a Scientist - Dr. Frank Mitloehner

Talking Biotech with Dr. Kevin Folta

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Is Methane in the Atmospheric?

Methane is a relatively highly reactive and unstable gas, at least when we burn it trurr-terrestrially. After approximately a decade, another molecule in the atmosphere called a hydroxyl radical attacks the methane and converts it back to CO2. This is not new and additional CO2. It was there before. The net issue is the methane in the atmosphere while it's there. And here one thing is really important. If you have a constant source of methane, let's say a constant cattle herd in a given locality, then you do not produce additional warming. A reduction of methane leads to reduction in warming. But people who don't like me very much feel

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