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

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Drivers and impacts of global seed dispersal declineMay 2025

by ACC Admin | May 19, 2025 | 2025, Peer Reviewed Scientific Paper, Resources, Technical / Scientific

Evan C. Fricke Carolina Bello Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer Daisy. H Dent Kenneth. J. Freeley Mauro Galetti Juan P. Gonzalez-Vero Ruben Heleno J. Leighton Reid Abstract Most plant species rely on animals for the dispersal of their seeds, and seed dispersal is the most...

Shifting baselines and the forgotten giants: integrating megafauna into plant community ecologyJanuary 2025

by ACC Admin | Feb 18, 2025 | 2025, Peer Reviewed Scientific Paper, Resources, Technical / Scientific

Skjold Alsted Søndergaard, Camilla Fløjgaard, Rasmus Ejrnæs, Jens-Christian Svenning Community ecology developed long after humans had established intimacy with its subject of study, i.e. patterns in nature, and this could explain its famously ‘messy’ state...

Why elephants, otters and whales are nature’s secret weapons against climate breakdownApril 2023

by ACC Admin | Apr 19, 2023 | 2023, Introductory, Press Article, Resources

What do elephants, otters and whales have in common? They all increase the amount of carbon that can be stored in their ecosystems. Elephants disperse seeds and trample low vegetation, enabling taller trees to grow. Sea otters eat sea urchins, allowing kelp to...

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