Browsing by moose can strongly affect carbon cycling (IMAGE)

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Browsing by moose can strongly affect carbon cycling

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This big boy can be responsible for huge amounts of carbon emissions, simply by eating young vegetation that sprouts after a clearcut and that if left alone, would grow up and store carbon.

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Photo: Endre Grüner Ofstad

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