Climate crisis: Releasing bison, reindeer and horses into the Arctic would slow warming, say scienti

[Judi Lynn]

‘This type of natural manipulation in ecosystems ... has barely been researched to date, but holds tremendous potential,’ says researcher

Jane Dalton @JournoJane
6 hours ago

Releasing herds of animals into the Arctic could help tackle the climate crisis, researchers say.

A computerised simulation of conditions at the polar region found that with enough wildlife, 80 per cent of the world’s permafrost soils could be saved, preventing a vicious circle of environmental catastrophe.

Half of all permafrost areas – ground that is permanently frozen – are on course to thaw by the year 2100 at current rates of climate change, scientists say.

This is caused by rising emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, which are predicted to push up frozen land temperatures by 7F.

More:
https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change-global-warming-arctic-permafrost-tundra-bison-reindeer-horses-a9484901.html

[NickB79]

1. This was posited years ago by a Russian scientist

He's even built a "Pleistocene Park", introducing large animals like this article mentions.

[FirstLight]

2. OK! I'm down.... let's do that...

What would it take? govt's who own large swaths of land in the region? Canada and Russia? maybe Greenland? Or Norwegian countries...?


If I was as rich as Bill GAtes, I would totally buy horses and save reindeer and Bison from bullshit govts and release them onto these land areas... they used to live there many milennoa ago... it could be a smart idea.


*sigh* but like so many other good ideas, this will get plowed under by the news of the day...

I hope not!

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

3. How wolves changed rivers.

[mr_lebowski]

4. If it's a suitable climate and there's enough food, why aren't they already there? (nt)

[Bayard]

5. Yakutian horses

These are the only horses that could survive in the Arctic.



https://siberiantimes.com/science/casestudy/features/f0187-truly-amazing-scientific-discovery-on-adaptation-of-yakutian-horses-to-cold/