• Question: Do human burps have an effect on the environment like cows?

    Asked by anon-279036 on 6 Feb 2021.
    • Photo: Polly Keen

      Polly Keen answered on 6 Feb 2021:


      The negative impact on the environment from cow burps is from the methane gas in the burps. This gas is produced because cows have two stomachs and certain microbes in those stomachs. Humans only have one stomach and different gut microbes, so don’t burp methane.

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