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Fighting Cow Methane With Seaweed

Season 1 Episode 1 | 28m 23s

It’s a wispy red seaweed that can cut cattle methane by 50, 80, even 98%. Miles O’Brien travels from a Marin County, California, dairy to seaweed farms in Mexico, a UC Davis research barn, and an Australian burger joint to trace how one entrepreneur’s gut instinct and a handful of scientists are racing to scale a climate fix that fits in a cow’s lunch.

Aired: 08/18/26 | Expires: 09/16/26
Made possible in part by support provided by Sue Hart-Wadley and Searle Wadley with additional support from Jerry Cox.
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