Methane Content

A Microbial Blueprint for Climate-Smart Cows

Amy M Quinton — November 17, 2025 - 6:00am

51�ԹϺ�� Davis research reveals which gut microbes in a cow could reduce methane, bringing them a step closer to engineering microbes to create climate-smart cows.

Pulling the E-Brake on Methane Emissions

Katherine E Kerlin — September 25, 2025 - 12:53pm

As global emissions continue to climb, there is a growing call for rapidly reducing methane.

THE DOWNLOAD: Venmo Research, Methane Research

Cody Kitaura — January 21, 2025 - 1:51pm

Feeding Grazing Cattle Seaweed Cuts Methane Emissions by Almost 40%

Amy M Quinton — December 02, 2024 - 1:20pm

Scientists find making a seaweed additive more accessible to grazing cattle would make cattle farming more sustainable while meeting global demand for meat.

Can CRISPR Cut Methane Emissions From Cow Guts?

Amy M Quinton — April 17, 2023 - 8:00am

51�ԹϺ�� Davis researchers will use the genome-editing tool CRISPR to cut greenhouse gas emissions from cows, in a $70-million donor-funded initiative.

51�ԹϺ��’s 10 Best Research Stories of 2021

Dave Jones — December 30, 2021 - 11:47am

Is 2021 over already?

The year brought its fair share of big news and research breakthroughs, COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 alike. Given 51�ԹϺ�� is the global leader in cited scholarship, it’s no surprise that each campus produced numerous new ways of understanding our world.

Feeding Cattle Seaweed Reduces Their Greenhouse Gas Emissions 82 Percent

Amy M Quinton — March 17, 2021 - 11:00am

Feeding beef cattle seaweed as part of their diet reduced greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 82 percent, according to new findings from researchers at the University of California, Davis.

Can Seaweed Cut Methane Emissions on Dairy Farms?

Katherine E Kerlin — May 24, 2018 - 11:30am

Seaweed may be the super food dairy cattle need to reduce the amount of methane they burp into the atmosphere. Early results from research at 51�ԹϺ�� Davis indicate that just a touch of the ocean algae in cattle feed could dramatically cut greenhouse gas emissions from California’s 1.8 million dairy cows.

Study: California Blowout Led to Largest U.S. Methane Release Ever

Katherine E Kerlin — February 25, 2016 - 3:52pm

First published study since the Aliso Canyon well was sealed shows leak was equivalent to one-quarter of Los Angeles' annual methane pollution, the largest methane leak in U.S. history.