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Animating the Carbon Cycle – TWS WebinarsAugust 2025

Animating the Carbon Cycle – TWS WebinarsAugust 2025

by ACC Admin | Aug 29, 2025 | 2025, Event, More In-depth, Resources

The webinar presents the latest scientific insights about how animal species restoration and conservation can contribute to nature-based climate solutions via their underappreciated functional roles in protecting and enhancing carbon capture and storage across a broad...

Why animals are a critical part of forest carbon absorptionJuly 2025

by ACC Admin | Jul 28, 2025 | 2025, Introductory, Press Article, Resources

Why animals are a critical part of forest carbon absorption An MIT study shows decreases in seed-dispersing animals can lead to a major reduction in forest carbon absorption. Zach Winn | MIT News MIT News Office Why animals are a critical part of forest carbon...

Seed dispersal disruption limits tropical forest regrowthJuly 2025

by ACC Admin | Jul 24, 2025 | 2025, Peer Reviewed Scientific Paper, Resources, Technical / Scientific

Many trees depend on animals for seed dispersal, and human activities that disrupt seed dispersal by animals may impact forest regeneration and carbon storage. Yet whether expected negative impacts are observable across regrowing forests remains untested. We modeled...

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...

The combined impact of fisheries and climate change on future carbon sequestration by oceanic macrofaunaMay 2025

by ACC Admin | May 7, 2025 | 2025, Peer Reviewed Scientific Paper, Resources, Technical / Scientific

Although the role of marine macrofauna in the ocean carbon cycle is increasingly understood, the cumulative impacts of fisheries and climate change on this pathway remain overlooked. Here, using a marine ecosystem model, we estimate that each degree of warming reduces...
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