Beavers, climate change. Beavers protect our planet from climate change. Have you ever thought about it? Beavers, in terms of their commitment to changing the habitat in which to live, are among the animals most similar to us humans. They cut down logs and build dams, altering the flow of rivers. What are the effects of their behavior on the climate?
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I beavers protect our planet from climate changes. Have you ever thought about it? Beavers are among the animals most similar to humans when it comes to their commitment to changing the place they live for their own benefit. They cut down logs and they build dams, altering the course of rivers. What are the effects of their behavior on the climate?
Beavers change the appearance of the landscape, but at the same time help to stem climate change, starting with a small amount of Co2 emissions at a time. When beavers build a dam and prevent the natural flow of streams, some of it begins to leak out of the river or stream bed more often.
On the banks of the watercourses, therefore, aarea of moist soil, known as "Beaver rot". A new study on the phenomenon comes from Colorado State University and was led by Ellen Wohl, of the US University's Department of Geological Sciences.
Wet areas created by beavers are capable of retain carbon dioxide and sequester greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. The decrease in the number of beavers present in the world is unfortunately leading to a reduction of this possibility of capturing and retaining carbon dioxide in a natural way.
The beavers, who are now struggling to find their ideal habitat, they move frequently and thus abandon the dams and water meadows. When the beavers go elsewhere, thereand humid areas dry out and carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere gradually, during a natural decomposition phenomenon.
Here is one more reason to defend the increasingly endangered presence of animals such as beavers on our planet. Indeed, protecting beavers means safeguard the entire ecosystem. Wetlands abandoned by beavers retain only 8% of carbon dioxide. When beavers are present, the percentage reaches 23%.
Following the colonization of the United States by Europeans, the beaver population was drastically reduced, due to the hunting and the use of traps. This is an event that, in the opinion of experts, could still have negative consequences to this day. The study in question was published in the scientific journal Geophysical Research Letters.
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