Kangaroo farts 'could fight global warming'
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 12:52 pm
I was alerted to this by a colleague down under. Funny and scientifically interesting....
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=332977
Australian scientists are trying to give kangaroo-style stomachs to cattle and sheep in a bid to cut the emission of greenhouse gases blamed for global warming, researchers say.
Thanks to special bacteria in their stomachs, kangaroo flatulence contains no methane and scientists want to transfer that bacteria to cattle and sheep who emit large quantities of the harmful gas.
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=332977