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News spotlight: A climate hero emerges — beavers

By Max Marcovitch

February 13, 2023

Increasing drought and urban expansion have contributed to the destruction and degradation of 35 percent of the world’s wetlands. How might we stymie this decline? Introducing beavers back into their natural habitats is a good start.

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These ecosystems could determine our climate future: study

By Kiley Price

November 18, 2021

Nature’s stashes of climate-warming carbon is packed into a small percentage of Earth’s lands, finds a new study that pinpoints the ecosystems humanity must protect to avert a climate disaster.