Mitloehner lab Ph.D. student Samantha Werth, M.S. explains that cattle are often thought to contribute to climate change because they belch methane (CH4), a greenhouse gas. While this is true, cattle do belch methane, it is actually part of an important natural cycle, known as the biogenic carbon cycle.| CLEAR Center
Methane is a potent greenhouse gas with a warming potential more than 28 times that of carbon dioxide (CO2).| CLEAR Center