New Zealand’s leading economic research institute and climate think tank, Motu, uses the Japanese poetry form of “Haiku” to summarise its research in a pithy, plain English manner.
Haiku is a traditional form of poetry consisting of three lines. The first and last lines of a Haiku have five syllables and the middle line has seven syllables.
We’ve taken a leaf out of Motu’s book and created some Haiku poetry to sum up different aspects of the NZAGRC’s scientific research.
Read a selection below and click on them to find out more about the science behind them!
 
Twenty three percent:
Livestock directly adds this
To current warming

 
 
Farming and climate
Bringing countries together
In the G-R-A

 
Cow fermentation:
Methanogens love rumen
They make CH4

 
 
Efficient farming
Can reduce methane a bit
But more must be done

 
 
Paddock N2O
Try Quantum Cascade Laser
It’s a game changer

 
Reduce GHGs
More soil carbon please
And less methane too

 
GHGs go up
The temperature increases
What is our future?

 
Carbon in soil
Stops CO2 going up
Need ‘4 per mille’ more…

 
Don’t over promise
A methane inhibitor
A good thing takes time

 
In terms of impact
A vaccine would be awesome
But proving quite hard

 
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