Anonymous Coward User ID: 65789518 Colombia 12/17/2014 10:29 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Climate change: Beavers boost emissions with 800 million kg of methane every year Climate change: Beavers boost emissions with 800 million kg of methane every year Beavers are contributing to climate change, adding an estimated 800 million kg of methane to the atmosphere every year, scientists have found.Over the last century, there has been a worldwide conservation effort to save beavers from extinction. The fur trade between the 16th and 19th century almost led to the annihilation of beavers across the globe.After trapping was limited and the creatures were reintroduced to their natural ranges, their numbers grew significantly, with scientists now estimating their population to have reached over 10 million worldwide.However, the consequence of this has led to beavers building more ponds, creating conditions for climate changing methane gas to be generated in the shallow standing water. Beavers build dams in rivers to create standing ponds, with dams normally reaching no higher than 1.5m.In their work published in the Springer journal AMBIO, experts note that carbon builds up in oxygen-poor pond bottoms like those created by beavers, and methane is generated. The gas cannot be dissolved and is released into the atmosphere. [ link to www.ibtimes.co.uk] |
TastyThoughts
User ID: 39561486 United States 12/17/2014 10:31 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Climate change: Beavers boost emissions with 800 million kg of methane every year Those are some naughty Beavers. Unless, the report is just being a little to rough on the Beavers. "They cannot see what's-up if They are looking down." (TastyThoughts) "Something is smelly! Something is smelly, like an old barnacle encrusted shoe washing ashore in the middle of summer." (TastyThoughts) "Yes happy Earth day. Now go tell the wicked to stop damaging the Human Species therefore/and the Earth; For, they are discombobulating the entire Universe and upsetting the Most High God." (TastyThoughts) |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 52646616 Netherlands 12/17/2014 10:41 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Climate change: Beavers boost emissions with 800 million kg of methane every year Those are some naughty Beavers. Unless, the report is just being a little to rough on the Beavers.
Quoting: TastyThoughts Those are the nasty beavers. Some personal hygiene should do it. |
Desert Fox
12/17/2014 10:42 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Climate change: Beavers boost emissions with 800 million kg of methane every year LOL, I always knew beaver would be the death of me. :TOMABANEFOX: It's more humane this way ya know, or burn on totem pole. Choice is yours. |
~sIcKaNdTwIsTeD~
User ID: 65969492 United States 12/17/2014 10:57 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Climate change: Beavers boost emissions with 800 million kg of methane every year Wynona's Big Brown Beaver probably isn't involved though. Last Edited by A Mery Can on 12/17/2014 10:57 AM |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 65959609 United States 12/17/2014 11:15 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Climate change: Beavers boost emissions with 800 million kg of methane every year I love beaver fur. I love to just rub my face in it. |
QCluminati
User ID: 55711267 Canada 12/17/2014 11:28 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Climate change: Beavers boost emissions with 800 million kg of methane every year Time to tax them beavers Unvaxxed because fuck you |
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User ID: 65969492 United States 12/17/2014 11:30 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Climate change: Beavers boost emissions with 800 million kg of methane every year Time to tax them beavers
Quoting: QCluminati Agreed, and how about them woodchucks that keep chuckin my wood? |
Obi-Wan
User ID: 54882963 United States 12/17/2014 11:35 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Climate change: Beavers boost emissions with 800 million kg of methane every year Wynona's Big Brown Beaver probably isn't involved though.
Quoting: ~sIcKaNdTwIsTeD~ Tough guy. Hooooo!!!! |
G User ID: 62435943 United States 12/17/2014 11:41 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Climate change: Beavers boost emissions with 800 million kg of methane every year LOL, I always knew beaver would be the death of me.
Quoting: Desert Fox |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 66106940 Australia 12/17/2014 11:45 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Climate change: Beavers boost emissions with 800 million kg of methane every year Queef tax. Problem solved. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 66141743 United Kingdom 12/17/2014 11:48 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Climate change: Beavers boost emissions with 800 million kg of methane every year Wynona's Big Brown Beaver probably isn't involved though.
Quoting: ~sIcKaNdTwIsTeD~ That is one of the most disturbing videos I have ever seen! |