Why Methane

 

Methane emitted today will have about 80 times the global warming effect of CO2 over the next 20 years.

 
 
Methane warming potential graphic: Large CH4 cloud and small CO2 cloud
 
 
 

Climate change is time sensitive.

While CO2 remains in the atmosphere for thousands of years, slowly cooking the planet, methane stays in the atmosphere for only a dozen years but heats the planet intensely.

In the short term, reducing methane emissions will have a much larger cooling effect than reducing CO2 emissions by the same amount. This is why we’re committed to drastically reducing methane emissions this decade.

Read more about methane’s climate impact and our commitment to methane solutions on our blog.

 
 
 

But why methane from livestock?

Through their digestive process, called enteric fermentation, livestock burps cause an astounding 6% of the world’s global warming. That means if cows were a country, they would produce just about as much GHG as the entire European Union.

Cartoon brown horned cow with crown

Symbrosia is hard at work developing a breakthrough seaweed supplement SeaGraze, that, when sprinkled into animal feed, reduces those methane emissions by over 90% (Kinley, 2020).

 

See how Symbrosia can be an asset to your operation.

Let’s create change together!