Saturday, June 28, 2025
Trophic rewilding could be the key to combating climate change
- A new study published in Nature Climate Change suggests that trophic rewilding—restoring and protecting animals' functional roles in ecosystems—is a neglected climate solution.
- Reintroducing just nine species or groups of species (including African forest elephants, American bison, fish, gray wolves, musk oxen, sea otters, sharks, whales, and wildebeest) would help limit global warming to below the 1.5°C (2.7°F) threshold set by the Paris Agreement, the study says.
- Animals play a significant role in the amount of carbon that plants, soil, and sediment can capture, as they redistribute seeds and nutrients and disturb the soil by digging, trampling, and building burrows.
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