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Covering poop lagoons with a tarp could cut 80% of methane emissions from dairy farms

A dairy digester at Straus Dairy Farm in Marshall, California. We see a giant tarp covering a basin.

Dairy farms produce huge amounts of potent greenhouse gases. But now, scientists say these farms can slash their methane emissions by covering cow-poop ponds with a giant tarp.

Scientists recorded an 80% reduction in the methane emissions of a dairy farm in California after its owners installed a "digester" — a system that traps gases over manure ponds and converts them into fuel, according to a new study.

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