New study: we found that small reductions in pasture-based beef production in some areas, especially in temperate, humid regions like the Eastern US & Europe, could lead to large amounts of CO2 removal by regrowing native forests.

This is an absolutely minuscule fine for meat companies with managers who knew children were being subjected to dangerous labor, including injuries and burns.

@christinexmi I salt my water pretty generously. My rule of thumb is *half* as salty as seawater. Going all the way to seawater salinity is insane. Did you go by taste, weight, or volume? I find different volumes of different types/grains salt can have very different weight.

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RT @mbolotnikova: The National Cattlemen's Beef Association believes it's "elitist" for the US dietary guidelines to recommend dirt-cheap b…

The "ultra-processed" food research & its media coverage are littered with poor definitions & comparisons, w misleading conclusions. This creates an illusion that UPFs provide new insights, but it's all slight-of-hand. @mbolotnikova dives deep

RT @mbolotnikova: The problem with the "ultra-processed foods" stuff can be hard to capture with precision because many foods classified as…

One of my research side quests: animals are agents and shape their own conservation outcomes. Bringing their preferences into conservation plans can improve their success. Pioneering biologist @MarcBekoff interviewed my coauthor & me for this article.

RT @jeffrsebo: Great to see @MarcBekoff and @matthewhayek continuing their conversation about the importance of recognizing animal agency i…

@VladVexler Can you turn this into a bullet list of your recommendations? A separate thread? Perhaps they'd be uncomfortably stripped away of the setup and context you provide, but I think they would be popular.

RT @sc_mcclelland: Can 2050 cattle CH4 mitigation targets be met through intensification and mitigation technologies? Are these strategies…

@Revkin @gcarbonproject @Stanford @Sylviamichel10 @CUBoulder Question for Rob and Sylvia: how do we know it’s wetlands? The methane has a biogenic signature, but is it possible rice and cattle are expanding faster than inventories suggest? I’ll try to tune in.

But this is an incredible amount of focused feeding for a "free ranging" pasture operation. There are mixed systems in the US & the Global South where where small herds stay close to the farm. But in many systems, beef cattle are out on meadows & ranges for days at a time.

@KlintKanopka @PNASNews @trejosamtrejo Congratulations Klint!

Thanks to @georgina_gustin for interviewing me & drawing attention to this worrying trend. It's obviously up to Kazakhstan if they want to invest in economic production other than oil. But US firms need not play along & add to the fiction that it's somehow beneficial for climate.