Cattle are responsible for roughly 70% of agriculture-related methane emissions, a major contributor to climate change. Scientists have found that supplementing cows’ diets with red algae (Asparagopsis taxiformis) can reduce methane emissions by up to 80%.

The algae’s bromoform compound disrupts the enzymes that produce methane, offering a promising approach to make beef production more environmentally friendly—though it’s only found in this specific red seaweed.

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Red algae seaweed contains a compound called bromoform, which is responsible for interfering with the enzymes that product methane. Unfortunately, bromoform is found only in the red sea algae, not freshwater macrophytes, darn!

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