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Meat lovers worldwide pay climate little heed

People are eating more poultry and fish — but they’re not giving up their hamburgers.
Aerial photograph of beef cattle standing at the Texana Feeders feedlot in Floresville, Texas

Large-scale facilities such as this feedlot in Floresville, Texas, help to meet the global appetite for beef and other red meat, which remains strong despite the growing consumption of chicken and fish. Credit: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg/Getty

Global consumption of poultry and seafood, which are relatively climate-friendly, has grown since the early 1960s — but that growth has not suppressed people’s hunger for red meat.

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Nature 593, 11 (2021)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01091-y

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