@johncarlosbaez
A gentle word of caution here is very needed.
Beavers are amazing, and shape the environment, but as a Canadian, I often feel that people outside North America can be naive about how powerful is their impact — for good or ill.
Our native beaver Castor Canadensis have moved north, onto the tundra and permafrost, as climate change warms northern latitudes faster. They now range all the way from the Gulf of Mexico to the Arctic ocean coast at the Beaufort Sea.
Beaver are radically reshaping the environment, accelerating the retreat of the permafrost and the release of the carbon held in the permafrost into the atmosphere. No one can predict the impact on balance.
Here’s an excellent new episode S65E2 of The Nature of Things titled “Beavers From Above” that tells the story and presents the evidence with the voices of scientists and Indigenous knowledge keepers.
The Nature of Things is in its 65th season with Canada’s public broadcaster CBC. It continues to provide consistently excellent and accessible science knowledge for a general audience. Worth tracking down in your region.
https://youtu.be/i4CvYrYSxF8
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