Jeff Bezos, the CEO of Amazon and one of the richest men in the world, is investing in an unusual project. It is a vaccine that could slow down the progress of global warming.
The vaccine is being developed with the aim of reducing methane (CH₄) emissions caused by gases from cattle, meaning cows’ burps and farts. The investment from Amazon’s founder was made through his sustainability fund, the Bezos Earth Fund.
The research is being led by scientists from The Pirbright Institute and the Royal Veterinary College in the United Kingdom, and the agricultural innovation laboratory AgResearch in New Zealand. The project is said to have a $9.4 million investment, according to information from g1.
According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), methane gas from manure and the digestion of cattle is responsible for nearly a third of all global methane emissions in the atmosphere.
A projection from the Global Methane Hub suggests that a 45% reduction in methane emissions in this decade could result in a cooling of the Earth by about 0.3°C by 2040.
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