Satellite Data Shows Even Small Ancient Gatherer Communities Shaped The Landscape

[Weatherman2020]

Of course. It’s our duty to take responsibility.

Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground."

Satellite Data Shows Even Small Ancient Gatherer Communities Shaped The Landscape

Even when human societies do not grow crops, farm livestock, build permanent settlements, or burn fossil fuels, they can still shape the surrounding landscape in ways that persist for thousands of years.

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[DukeU]

Across all 300 square miles of the territory sampled, roughly 17 percent of the land showed lasting changes likely made by humans.

Because.....Science.

 

[MisterBeale]

I'm not sure how this is anything special.

All large mammals, especially the ones at the top, and how they interact with each other, have the ability to do this.

Wolf Reintroduction Changes Ecosystem in Yellowstone

Wolves are causing a trophic cascade of ecological change, including helping to increase beaver populations and bring back aspen, and vegetation.

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Did wolves help restore trees to Yellowstone?

Wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park two decades ago, and scientists are still keeping a close eye on their ecological impact.

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Beaver Believer: How Massive Rodents Could Restore Landscapes and Ecosystems At Scale - Bioneers

In this interview, Bioneers' Teo Grossman speaks with author of "EAGER" Ben Goldfarb about the history of beavers in North America and their potential as partners in large scale ecological restoration.

bioneers.org

 

[Weatherman2020]

I'm not sure how this is anything special.

All large mammals, especially the ones at the top, and how they interact with each other, have the ability to do this.

Wolf Reintroduction Changes Ecosystem in Yellowstone

Wolves are causing a trophic cascade of ecological change, including helping to increase beaver populations and bring back aspen, and vegetation.

www.yellowstonepark.com

Did wolves help restore trees to Yellowstone?

Wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park two decades ago, and scientists are still keeping a close eye on their ecological impact.

www.pbs.org

Beaver Believer: How Massive Rodents Could Restore Landscapes and Ecosystems At Scale - Bioneers

In this interview, Bioneers' Teo Grossman speaks with author of "EAGER" Ben Goldfarb about the history of beavers in North America and their potential as partners in large scale ecological restoration.

bioneers.org

That’s impossible. Only man can alter the environment.