Macias-Fauria, Marc; Jepson, Paul; Zimov, Nikita; Malhi, Yadvinder (2020): Pleistocene Arctic megafaunal ecological engineering as a natural climate solution? In Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences 375 (1794), p. 20190122. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2019.0122.

"Here we review the environmental context of megafaunal ecological engineering in the Arctic; explore the mechanisms through which it can help mitigate climate change; and estimate its potential—based on bison and horse, with the aim of evaluating the feasibility of generating an ecosystem shift that is economically viable in terms of carbon benefits and of sufficient scale to play a significant role in global climate change mitigation."

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"Slowing the rate of ice melt there and elsewhere would allow for critical adaptation in at-risk areas, such as islands and coastal cities. Some researchers are looking to geoengineering to accomplish this. Michael Wolovick, a researcher at Beijing Normal University, is one of them. He and his colleague John Moore have studied a number of geoengineering strategies to prevent or slow the collapse of Thwaites Glacier."

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"Leaders of the world’s most powerful companies sent one clear message this week as they gathered in this ski chalet town for the World Economic Forum: They care about the environment — to a point."

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