Study: Bison fight climate change

[libertybele]

Study: Bison fight climate change



A single herd of bison — 170 head strong — stores enough carbon to offset 43,000 U.S. cars according to a new study.

What’s the science behind that, you ask? Dr. Oswald Schmitz of the Yale School of the Environment told The Guardian about his study, which focused on European bison in Romania.

“Bison influence grassland and forest ecosystems by grazing grasslands evenly, recycling nutrients to fertilize the soil and all of its life, dispersing seeds to enrich the ecosystem, and compacting the soil to prevent stored carbon from being released,” said Schmitz. “Restoring these ecosystems can bring back balance.”

In other words, bison keep habitats and ecosystems healthy and vibrant, and healthy ecosystems store carbon.

There’s a growing understanding that sea kelp and trees, especially older, bigger trees, can fight against climate change. This new report shows that wildlife, in this case bison, are a big part of this picture.

Of course, the other reason to care about all this is simply that bison are awesome, beautiful creatures, and efforts to build up bison populations in the U.S. are underway. This would restore ecosystems in the American plains and yield climate benefits.

Nature is connected in so many ways..................

https://environmentamerica.org/oregon/center/updates/study-bison-fight-climate-change/

[DefiantMassRINO]

 

[GtHawk]

I consider Gore one of the biggest farts on Earth, so Also he contributes less to the Earth than a single pile of Bison doodoo

Anyone else look at picture of Gore and think he looks constipated?

[catfish1957]

So from a volumetric perspective what does that come to in Farts Per Million.

ManBearPig is dying to know.

[roamer_1]

Morons. They prove their ignorance. A Bison is bovine. ANY BOVINE does exactly the same dang thing. You could say any ungulate and still be right, though it depends upon the terrain.

But in a word, COWS.

DUH.

[Smokin Joe]

Morons. They prove their ignorance. A Bison is bovine. ANY BOVINE does exactly the same dang thing. You could say any ungulate and still be right, though it depends upon the terrain.

But in a word, COWS.

DUH.

Yep. Cows fill the niche on the prairie Bison did. Duh.

It's downright painful to watch the stupid ooze out of the Klimate Kult.

[roamer_1]

Yep. Cows fill the niche on the prairie Bison did. Duh.

It's downright painful to watch the stupid ooze out of the Klimate Kult.

using cattle in restorative farming - replacing topsoil where it is all gone - It is an amazement.
That is the truth of it.

Now... Bison would do the same. They're just way, way harder to manage.

[Smokin Joe]

using cattle in restorative farming - replacing topsoil where it is all gone - It is an amazement.
That is the truth of it.

Now... Bison would do the same. They're just way, way harder to manage.

Yeah, my wife's uncle raised them. Forget barbed wire, they don't notice it. It takes steel corral panels to keep 'em in. Mean critters.

Cattle are puppies by comparison.

[roamer_1]

Yeah, my wife's uncle raised them. Forget barbed wire, they don't notice it. It takes steel corral panels to keep 'em in. Mean critters.

Cattle are puppies by comparison.

yup.