Future Impact of Global Warming is Worse When Grazing Animals Are Considered (2 of 2) (IMAGE)

Penn State

Future Impact of Global Warming is Worse When Grazing Animals Are Considered (2 of 2)

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Research by Post and Pederson suggests that grazing by caribou and by muskoxen, such as the one in this photograph, may reduce the carbon-mitigating benefit of plants in the Arctic.

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Eric Post, Penn State University

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