Changing the diet of cows might help them release less methane. This episode is presented by Delta. Delta doesn’t have a say in our editorial, but they make videos like this possible. For more information, visit delta.com/sustainability . Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: goo.gl/0bsAjO There are around 1.5 billion cows on the planet being raised as livestock for things like meat and dairy — and they’re a climate problem we’ve struggled to solve. Cows have a specialized digestive tract that allows them to digest tough plant material like grass or hay, but in that process, methane is produced as waste, and the cows ... burp it out. Methane is a greenhouse gas that’s nearly 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, these burping animals are considered one of the largest sources of methane production in the United States, making up nearly 25 percent of all methane emis...