And you thought I was kidding about cow flatulence....

Hey guys, remember when I was talking about methanogens in livestock being an important source of geenhouse gasses? Well, a student in the class just sent me an article about work being done to reduce the amount of methane a cow emits. Glorious work that would make your family proud, to be sure.

Also, you have an article assigned for the test by Jackson et al. called "What was natural in the coastal oceans" that talks about changes in the oceanic ecosystem, and a larger issue about what we should use as ecological baselines. The article is on the blackboard site, and there will be a general question about it on the final.

An article out today talks about fisheries bycatch and how that affects oceanic fish populations. Again, sent in by a student.