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Understanding how a red seaweed reduces methane emissions from cows

New research from the School of Veterinary Medicine has implications for addressing a leading contributor to climate warming.
John Toth, Bonnie Vecchiarelli, Dipti Pitta, Rachel Duffey, and Nagaraju Indugu.
Bonnie Vecchiarelli, second from left; Dipti Pitta, middle; and Nagaraju Indugu, right, are among the authors on a new paper examining the mechanisms by which a type of red seaweed inhibits methane emissions from dairy cows, with John Toth and Rachel Duffey, also of the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine.
(Image: Courtesy of Dipti Pitta)

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