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Ancient Greek writings describe livestock eating seaweed, as do Icelandic sagas.
古希腊文字中有关于家畜食用海藻的描述，冰岛的传奇故事中也有)s|,QqJ+|g9Hp23PhqYu。
And, sheep on North Ronaldsay, in the Orkney Islands of Scotland, still graze on the stuff.
在苏格兰奥克尼群岛的北罗纳德赛岛上，羊仍然以这种东西为食ynWmLm(lZ#。
But that is now seen as unusual. It may not be in the future, however, as research conducted in Australia and New Zealand
但现在看来，这是不寻常的9Z0Y7TS3)~J。但以后可能就觉得正常了，因为在澳大利亚和新西兰进行的研究表明
suggests algavory of this sort may reduce greenhouse-gas emissions from stock animals.
这种藻类可以减少家畜的温室气体排放@M%._Jt-,RRk。
The research in question is being co-ordinated by CSIRO, Australia's main science agency.
上述研究由澳大利亚主要科学机构联邦科学与工业研究组织（CSIRO）协调进行+9ET_O!RYFYy。
The project is looking into microbes that inhabit the stomachs of ruminants such as cattle and sheep.
该项目正在研究反刍动物（如牛和羊）胃中的微生物~n-qCW_nV^*。

These bugs transform those animals' fibrous fare into energy-rich molecules, some of which the host animal is able to absorb and utilise.
这些细菌将这些动物的纤维食物转化成能量丰富的分子，其中一些是宿主动物能够吸收和利用的Z^Xx7|qfA.。
One energy-rich molecule that is not absorbed, though, is methane. Instead, the animals belch it into the atmosphere.
然而，有一种能量丰富的分子—甲烷，动物们不能吸收甲烷而是把它喷到大气中5!Z#mDhAjF。
Which is a problem, because methane is a greenhouse gas that has a warming effect 28 times as powerful as carbon dioxide's.
这是一个问题，因为甲烷是温室气体，其温室效应是二氧化碳的28倍K;8Dl@o9(5-LB1。
Since this loss of methane also deprives the host of the energy therein,
由于甲烷的损失也剥夺了宿主的能量，
thus probably reducing its growth rate, controlling methanogenic bacterial activity in ruminants looks like a beneficial twofer.
因此，控制反刍动物体内产甲烷细菌的活性或许能够降低其增长率，这似乎是一种有益的双重作用@f;@m3J2^^E4mYI。
The antimethanogenic powers of Asparagopsis, the seaweed in question,
芦笋藻（上述所谈到的藻类）的抗甲烷产出能力
were discovered in 2016 and experiments involving it have been going on since then.
发现于2016年并且其相关试验持续至今pFZ@!I7[wb%,N%Fv.。
One of the latest, published in October in the Journal of Cleaner Production,
其中最新的一篇发表在10月份的《Journal of Cleaner Production》上，
showed that dairy cows eating a diet containing 1% Asparagopsis produce only a third of the methane belched by cows on seaweedless diets.
该研究表明食用含有1%芦笋藻食物的奶牛产生的甲烷只有食用无海藻食物奶牛的三分之一dmFWnrI@u^H_D&y。

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词语解释

1.graze on 吃
There is good grassland here for your cattle and horses to graze on.
这里有很好的草地供你们放牧牛马U0,|PVk|k4q6KjIwR!2。
2.greenhouse gas emission 温室气体排放
Your second question is about our position on greenhouse gas emission.
你提的第二个问题，是关于我们对温室气体排放的态度HW+VI%&,FD#fM@ciEwe。
3.inhabit 栖息
The valley is inhabited by the Dani tribe.
山谷里居住着达尼部落AF#1ZsxwaykRaetT,f。
4.deprive剥夺
They were imprisoned and deprived of their basic rights.
他们遭到监禁并被剥夺了基本权利DSBTlj^EYiSCSemS-。