Author Topic: How a Small Herd of Romanian Bison Is Locking Away Thousands of Tons of Carbon  (Read 346 times)

ergophobe

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https://e360.yale.edu/digest/romania-bison-carbon

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Oswald Schmitz, lead author of the new study, previously estimated that protecting and restoring just nine types of animals — marine fish, whales, sharks, gray wolves, wildebeest, sea otters, musk oxen, African forest elephants, and American bison — could lead to the capture of an addition 6.4 billion tons of carbon dioxide annually, an amount roughly equal to the yearly emissions of the U.S.

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We had a conversation about megafauna altering the landscape of their environment to absorb more carbon some years back.  I am glad the idea is still out there and that there is now some evidence that it would actually work.  In my mind, restoring the traditional habitat  of large animals to capture carbon is a win-win. 

https://americanprairie.org/rewilding/