I wonder how much in the way of taxpayer money was used for this unnecessary study?
Groundbreaking study finds a natural way to fight climate change
Forget groundhogs and their weather predictions. Now, fellow critters ? beavers ? are actually doing their part to combat climate change, one dam at a time, a new study says.
The new research, published on March 18 in the journal Communications Earth & Environment, has, for the first time, calculated the carbon dioxide emitted and sequestered due to engineering work by beavers in suitable wetland areas.
“Our findings show that beavers don’t just change landscapes: they fundamentally shift how carbon dioxide moves through them,” said study lead author Joshua Larsen, of the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom, in a statement.
By slowing water, trapping sediments, and expanding wetlands, the beavers turn streams into powerful carbon “sinks,” which are a key part of the planet’s carbon cycle. Carbon dioxide is the greenhouse gas most responsible for human-caused global warming.
It’s almost like they think beavers are doing this on purpose, instead of just doing beaver stuff. And they probably do, because it’s a cult.
This first-of-its-kind study represents an important opportunity and breakthrough for future nature-based climate solutions across Europe, Larsen said.
To do what with? That is missing in the screed. What are we going to do with this information?
“That matters because gases like carbon dioxide and methane drive climate warming. If we can store carbon in landscapes for long periods, it reduces how much ends up in the atmosphere. So carbon sinks act as a kind of natural buffer against climate change,” Hallberg said in an email to USA TODAY. (snip)
“Our research shows that beavers are powerful agents of carbon capture and adsorption,” said study coauthor Annegret Larsen, assistant professor in the soil geography and landscape group at Wageningen University in the Netherlands. “By reshaping waterways and creating rich wetland habitats, beavers physically change how carbon is stored across landscapes.”
First, water vapor is the number one greenhouse gas. Second, if you call yourself a scientist and refer to CO2 as carbon you’re a cult activist, and do not care about science.
Anyhow, speaking of beavers
Some are saying this is AI, but, I don’t think so. Too many points of blurriness for that.
