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.
William is de-evolving into an ignoramous, typing:
“First, water vapor is the number one greenhouse gas.” Yes water vapor (humidity) is increasing because warmer air holds more water vapor.
“Second, if you call yourself a scientist and refer to CO2 as carbon you’re a cult activist, and do not care about science.” Nonsense. Everyone with a lick of sense knows to what the scientists are referring.”
And no, biologists do not believe that beavers build dams to reduce global warming.
William asks: “To do what with?”
Another reason to leave beaver habitat alone. Conservatives consider nature to be an impediment to riches.
William also asks: “I wonder how much in the way of taxpayer money was used for this unnecessary study?”
Probably much less than the $1.5 BILLION per mother-f’ing day in Iran for an unnecessary war!!
BTW, every author is from a European university and… This work was supported by the UK Natural Environmental Research Council NE/V021117/1 (J.R.L., M.D.), the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment BAFU-417.12-06-.3-01-4/2 (C.A., A.L., J.R.L., B.S.), and by the Ramón y Cajal Fellowship RYC2022-038407-I (J.B.).
While it’s admirable that William is concerned for EU taxpayers it’s none of his f’ing business. But I guess he didn’t read the article.
OTOH, it is not admirable the William believes his opinions on scientific research are valuable.
Abstract
Recent reintroductions of the Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) across Europe represents an ecological shift with potential implications for carbon cycling in stream corridors. However, the capacity of beaver impacts to influence short- and long-term carbon fluxes, and the mechanisms that govern these changes, remains poorly understood. We present a comprehensive carbon budget of a beaver-influenced stream corridor, covering all major aqueous and atmospheric exchanges, as well as biomass and sedimentary carbon storages, from a beaver wetland in Switzerland.
By integrating carbon flux measurements with hydrology and bathymetry, we identify dominant pathways and dynamics in gaseous carbon emissions. Annually, the beaver wetland was a net carbon sink (98.3?±?34.4 t yr-1), driven by subsurface removal of dissolved inorganic carbon. Carbon dioxide emissions were the dominant source of carbon loss, seasonally shifting the system to a net carbon source during summer water recession.
Projecting the long-term sediment and deadwood storage following wetland infilling, our upper estimate of sequestered carbon was 1194 t (10.1 t ha-1 yr-1), nearly an order of magnitude greater than without beaver modification.
Our findings demonstrate that beaver-induced hydrological change is fundamentally reshaping carbon cycling and reinforces the relevance of headwater catchments in climate change mitigation strategies.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-026-03283-8#Ack1
Rimjob super lonely today.
Just look at those two long and boring irrelevant comments he posted.
Oh well, whiny bitch gotta whine.
If you want to watch someone fight this, check out Kenislovas on youtube. he tears down beaver damns for fun and profit.