It's almost the weekend and as I've been reading "What has nature ever done for us?" about carbon capture I thought a post about how wonderful beavers are would be appropriate.
According to Ellen Wohl of Colorado State University in Fort Collins, "Beavers offer a mechanism of carbon storage," by building dams and creating wetlands where carbon is in the sediment and organic matter. (From an article over at the New Scientist).
I know that there is also a great project in Scotland, where they have reintroduced beavers back into the wild and it seems to have been a huge success.
So, bring them back, what's not to love?
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