"In an experiment spanning hundreds of miles, she and her colleagues aim to show the benefits of preserving “#MotherTrees” — giant elders of the forest, which Simard believes play a critical role in maintaining fungal networks, nurturing younger seedlings and safeguarding millions of tons of #carbon stored in vegetation and soil."
"Schmitz said the team had looked at nine species in detail, including tropical forest elephants, musk oxen and sea otters, and had begun to investigate others. He added: “Many of them show similar promise to these #bison, often doubling an ecosystem’s capacity to draw down and store #carbon, and sometimes much more. This really is a policy option with massive potential.”"
A major leak of CO2 from an #ExxonMobil pipeline in Louisiana exposes dangerous safety gaps that should halt the planned multibillion-dollar #carbon capture #CCS industry, environmental advocates say https://buff.ly/49NNeeO