ERMA has given permission for ten species of Australian dung beetles to be brought over to New Zealand, to help […]
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RadioNZ: Scientists look at new plants to reduce emissions
One of the 18 science programmes to receive funding last year from the Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Centre will look at […]
Continue reading3 News: NZ methane emissions extremely high
Melissa Davies writes for 3 News about New Zealand’s methane emissions, which are fives times the global average per head […]
Continue reading3 News: Govt pledges $50M to reducing greenhouse gases
Samantha Hayes of 3 News reports on Prime Minister John Key’s pledge of $50 million towards research into reducing agricultural […]
Continue readingAgricultural greenhouse gas research – new centre launched
Prime Minister John Key today launched the New Zealand Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre, which will be headquartered in Palmerston […]
Continue readingRuralNews: Breakthrough in livestock emissions
Hamish Carnachan of Rural News reports on the recent mapping of a methanogen genome. It is hoped that the breakthrough, […]
Continue readingOne step closer to livestock that burp less
Today, the first map of a rumen methanogen DNA sequence was published in the journal PLoS One, giving scientists worldwide […]
Continue readingDom Post: Methane research is ballooning
Kiran Chug of The Dominion Post reports on ongoing efforts to measure pastoral greenhouse gas emissions. Currently, AgResearch is using […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Scientists discover low-methane sheep
Eloise Gibson of the New Zealand Herald writes about the discovery, led by the Pastoral Greenhouse Gas Research, Consortium (PGgRC) […]
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