"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 are so cool. Our family has dedicated over 300 acres with a couple miles of meandering beaver wetland to permanent forest. They move the ponds every 5-10 years to new aspen regrowth. The forest was last logged in 1936. I grew up wandering in it. 💚
It's pretty exciting. Minnesota started this program just a couple years ago.
@junesim63 Oh no.
You know what this means right?
Exactly.
Fucking beavers' ecosistem if some asshole wants to extract carbon.
@junesim63 and Beaver are also responsible for radical acceleration of carbon release in the high Arctic as their dams thaw the permafrost.
We need to appreciate responsibly that as a keystone species adjusting their range in response to climate change, Beaver can be as destructive as they can be helpful.
See my response earlier today to someone else who posted this story.
https://tenforward.social/@AlsoPaisleyCat/116256003590646208
@[email protected] beavers are already doing their thing, as they have since their 1950s to 1970s reintroduction into their former range in western North America But it’s not always a positive. Beavers reshape the environment in massive ways. Their impact as they move north beyond the Boreal forest into the tundra is releasing carbon from the permafrost at highly accelerated rates. They’ve already migrated north along the entire length of the Mackenzie River and have been seen swimming in the Arctic Ocean as they move laterally along the sea coast. An early 2017 CBC news report: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/beavers-move-north-1.4152130 And a *Nature of Things* documentary episode on the phenomenon “The Invasion of the Beaver.” https://youtu.be/i4CvYrYSxF8
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
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