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Study shows the effect that growing beaver population is having on habitat & methane gas emissions
2014-12-19 16:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: There are consequences of the successful efforts worldwide to save beavers from extinction. Along with the strong increase in their population over the past 100 years, these furry aquatic rodents have built many more ponds, establishing vital aquatic habitat. In doing so, however, they have created conditions for climate changing methane gas to be generated in this shallow standing water, and the gas is subsequently released into the atmosphere. In fact, 200 times more of this greenhouse gas is released...
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