<p>Livestock are responsible for almost a quarter of all global warming, which is more than&nbsp;estimates based only on greenhouse gas emissions.</p>
<p>Climate change&nbsp;scientists&nbsp;say&nbsp;this a&nbsp;wake up call for&nbsp;New Zealand.</p>
<p>About half of the country's greenhouse gases come from stock, but a new calculation for global warming includes methane emissions.</p>
<p>Livestock&nbsp;were calculated to contribute about 23 per cent&nbsp;to global warming, by New Zealand Agricultural Greenhouse&nbsp;Gas Research Centre&nbsp;deputy director&nbsp;Dr&nbsp;Andy Reisinger&#8203; and director Dr Harry Clark.&nbsp;They have just published a paper about how much livestock emissions&nbsp;contributed to global warming, in the scientific journal Global Change Biology.</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/advice/98819916/new-research-shows-livestock-are-responsible-for-quarter-of-global-warming" target="_blank">Read more</a></strong> (external website)</p>
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<h3><a href="media,listing,433,new-research-shows-significant-impact-from-livestock-on-actual-warming.html">Media release: New research shows significant impact from livestock on actual warming</a></h3>
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<h3><a href="science-publications,listing,434,how-much-do-direct-livestock-emissions-actually-contribute-to-global-warming.html">Scientific publication: How much do direct livestock emissions actually contribute to global warming?</a></h3>
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<h3><a href="agricultural-emissions-their-role-in-climate-change-past-present-and-future.html">Dr Andy Reisinger: Agricultural emissions: their role in climate change (video)</a>&nbsp;</h3>
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