Down in New Zealand, researchers are engaged in “one of the most sophisticated efforts in livestock stomach research,” according to The Wall Street Journal.
Their objective: to keep sheep from belching. As the Journal explains, it’s part of “a global effort” to keep ruminant animals from belching methane, a key greenhouse gas.
New Zealanders, it seems, are peculiarly motivated to solve this problem because a stunning 40 percent of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions come from, er, “agriculture.”
Well, when it comes to saving the planet, I guess every little bit helps.