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Individual statements here may be true on some level (e.g. 'large mammals maintain grassland', 'steppe climates sequester carbon'), but that doesn't make the br
by rozab 5y ago
Individual statements here may be true on some level (e.g. 'large mammals maintain grassland', 'steppe climates sequester carbon'), but that doesn't make the broad conclusions true. We can't just rewild the Great Steppe, we grow our food there now!
Anyways, ecosystems are complex. Here in Scotland we have a proliferation of deer, which no longer have any predators except cars and posh men with guns. No new trees with them around. They are also destroying peatlands, which I imagine are a much better carbon sink than grassland.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jan/29/huge-rise-in-scotlands-deer-cull-needed-to-protect-land-says-report https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jan/29/huge-ris...