Wild animals: The original and best carbon-capture ‘technology’

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Fish: The excretion effect boosts the oceanic carbon pumpAugust 2022

Fish: The excretion effect boosts the oceanic carbon pumpAugust 2022

by ACC Admin | Aug 30, 2022 | 2022, Blog Article / Thought Piece, Educational Resource, Introductory, Resources

School of duskyshoulder trevallies, Amed Beach, Indonesia. Photo by Milos Prelevic The oceans cover more than 70% of the Earth’s surface and play a critical role in absorbing CO2 from the atmosphere. Estimates suggest that around a quarter of all anthropogenic CO2...
Musk oxen: Arctic climate influencersAugust 2022

Musk oxen: Arctic climate influencersAugust 2022

by ACC Admin | Aug 15, 2022 | 2022, Blog Article / Thought Piece, Educational Resource, Introductory, Resources

Image by Frida Lannerstrom, Unsplash Research has shown that grazing by musk oxen and other large herbivores could have a significant impact on Arctic greenhouse gas exchange Arctic ecosystems, which contain huge amounts of carbon in their soils, are of great...
Sea otters: Influencing the amount of atmospheric carbon absorbed and stored by kelpAugust 2022

Sea otters: Influencing the amount of atmospheric carbon absorbed and stored by kelpAugust 2022

by ACC Admin | Aug 15, 2022 | 2022, Blog Article / Thought Piece, Educational Resource, Introductory, Resources

Young sea otter being cleaned by its mother, Ucluelet, British Columbia, Canada – Kieran Wood, Unsplash The charismatic sea otter is found along the coasts of the Pacific Ocean in North America and Asia. An aquatic member of the weasel family, it spends most of...
Wolves: Pivotal Predators impacting the terrestrial carbon cycleAugust 2022

Wolves: Pivotal Predators impacting the terrestrial carbon cycleAugust 2022

by ACC Admin | Aug 11, 2022 | 2022, Blog Article / Thought Piece, Educational Resource, Introductory, Resources

Gray wolf, British Columbia, Andrew Ly on Unsplash Wild animals play a critical role in shaping ecosystems, with apex predators often having the greatest impact, despite their relatively modest population size. This happens because predators, herbivores, plants, and...

Animating the Carbon Cycle: Supercharging Ecosystem Carbon Sinks to Meet the 1.5ºC Climate TargetMarch 2022

by ACC Admin | Mar 20, 2022 | 2022, More In-depth, Report, Resources

Towards a new paradigm Against the backdrop of biodiversity decline and rising global temperatures, there has never been a greater awareness of our need for nature and the wide range of benefits it provides. Practical rewilding initiatives have already demonstrated...
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