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"Our new study shows that a wetland created by beaver damming can store carbon at rates up to ten times higher than an equivalent stretch of river and floodplain without beavers"

#Beavers #Wetlands #Ecology #Biodiversity

Beavers can turn streams into carbon stores – we measured how much
https://theconversation.com/beavers-can-turn-streams-into-carbon-stores-we-measured-how-much-278489

Beavers can turn streams into carbon stores – we measured how much

As beavers reshape rivers, wetlands become a natural storage system for carbon.

The Conversation

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Elizabeth Sudduth

@junesim63 The article is open access and awesome!
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-026-03283-8

Beavers can convert stream corridors to persistent carbon sinks - Communications Earth & Environment

Beaver-induced hydrological change turned wetland into a net carbon sink with an approximate carbon storage of 100 tons per year, according to a comprehensive carbon budget analysis from a beaver wetland in Switzerland

Nature