THEY may be cute and cuddly, but the humble beaver is dragging Earth deeper into the climate crisis, according to research. The furry critters have invaded the Arctic, and their dams are contributi…
THEY may be cute and cuddly, but the humble beaver is dragging Earth deeper into the climate crisis, according to research.
They showed that warming temperatures in the region have resulted in a boom in the local beaver population over the past 20 years. “We knew that the beavers there had spread substantially,” said study author Dr Ingmar Nitze from the Alfred Wegener Institute in Germany. The area of surface water in the region – a sign of melting permafrost – rose by eight per cent in that time, two thirds of which was attributed to beavers.
Many beaver dams were spotted in the Arctic where they'd never been seen before, warping the local landscape.
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