The study is actually titled "Unrecognized threat to global soil carbon by a widespread invasive species". So perhaps they aren't part of the equilibrium on som

The study is actually titled "Unrecognized threat to global soil carbon by a widespread invasive species". So perhaps they aren't part of the equilibrium on some continents. The title of the news item is silly though as if suggesting that we should kill off the whole species and build another million of cars.