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Monday, November 25, 2024

As beaver populations expand their range in the Arctic, they may also be causing more greenhouse gas emissions, contributing to climate change.

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... As their population rebounds from centuries of heavy trapping, the Arctic landscape is becoming more amenable to them, with shorter winters resulting in more shrubby vegetation. ...

So... an example of the "tipping point" that scientists have warned about.

The tipping point where the warming starts feeding upon itself and increases its rate of change.

Thanks for this article.


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-11-25 12:01 AM | Reply

Save a tree! Eat a beaver!

#2 | Posted by censored at 2024-11-25 12:16 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

@#1 ... "tipping point" ...

Tipping points in the climate system
en.wikipedia.org

... In climate science, a tipping point is a critical threshold that, when crossed, leads to large, accelerating and often irreversible changes in the climate system.[3] ...

Examples of tipping points include thawing permafrost, which will release methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, ...



#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-11-25 12:33 AM | Reply

"What about the beavers?"
Brian Regan

#4 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2024-11-25 06:51 AM | Reply

As I read the headline, I thought the wingdings were now talking about female anatomy causing climate change.

#5 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2024-11-25 11:03 AM | Reply

Dam!

#6 | Posted by sentinel at 2024-11-25 12:46 PM | Reply

skip the wood, and go right for the beaver

#7 | Posted by kwrx25 at 2024-11-25 12:54 PM | Reply

Another program that is asking for millions in Federal funding. Open the area up to trapping again.

#8 | Posted by fishpaw at 2024-11-26 11:38 AM | Reply

upload.wikimedia.org

Not a lot of US territory, I can't imagine eeking out a living trapping critters in that part of the world.

#9 | Posted by mattm at 2024-11-26 07:07 PM | Reply

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