Comment on Scientists inch forward in efforts to resurrect an extinct giant
Bob_Robertson_IX@lemmy.world 6 months agoOk, that sounds a bit dumb. Obviously I didn’t read the article, does it explain how adding mammoths to the artic will slow permafrost that? It’s mammoth poop that great of an insulator?
Brain@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
It says they believe that mammoths, bison, horses, and reindeer will trample the grass, knock down trees and compact the snow which will cool the ground, based on a small 2020 study in Siberia that showed places that kept those animals, minus mammoths, had lower soil temps.
I think a much larger test is in order before I buy that’s going to save the permafrost.