Yes, related. F. Stuart Chapin is a highly respected arctic ecosystem ecologist. Sergey Zimov has some interesting ideas here, but it's also pretty wacky. My question is, will it work?
Here are some links to some of the Pleistocene Park popular press stories and their own website: http://www.pleistocenepark.ru/en/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/04/pleistocene-park/517779/ https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/519000/the-russian-scientists-bringing-back-the-ice-age/ https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/04/0408_050408_woollymammoth.html https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/feb/16/woolly-mammoth-resurrection-scientists ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jessica Gurevitch Professor Department of Ecology and Evolution Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY 11794-5245 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Sun, May 13, 2018 at 1:36 PM, Renaud de RICHTER < renaud.derich...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is this related? Already seen in the GEO group in 08/04/2017 > http://www.centerforcarbonremoval.org/blog-posts/2017/4/3/ma > mmoths-permafrost-soil-carbon-storagea-qa-about-pleistocene-park > <http://www.centerforcarbonremoval.org/blog-posts/2017/4/3/mammoths-permafrost-soil-carbon-storagea-qa-about-pleistocene-park?utm_content=buffer9d06d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer> > > http://media.longnow.org/files/2/REVIVE/The%20Past% > 20and%20Future%20of%20the%20Mammoth%20Steppe%20Ecosystem.pdf > > > > https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/8a58/59de5bc3fa51574c7ab267 > d80930be01f666.pdf > > https://www.researchgate.net/profile/F_Stuart_Chapin_Iii/pub > lication/251438416_Carbon_storage_in_permafrost_and_soils_ > of_the_mammoth_tundra-steppe_biome_Role_in_the_global_ > carbon_budget/links/542864310cf2e4ce940c4d13/Carbon-storage- > in-permafrost-and-soils-of-the-mammoth-tundra-steppe- > biome-Role-in-the-global-carbon-budget.pdf > > > 2018-05-13 19:26 GMT+02:00 Jessica Gurevitch < > jessica.gurevi...@stonybrook.edu>: > >> I've read quite a bit about this. It is enormously (no pun) appealing, >> not least because it also results in ecosystem preservation and >> restoration, and biodiversity preservation. Whether they can breed a woolly >> mammoth equivalent is an interesting question to say the least. My >> understanding is that it is insufficient to make a big difference in >> climate, but I'd love to hear the opinions of the climate scientists. There >> are a number of publications about this, and some nice photos in some of >> the popular articles. >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Jessica Gurevitch >> Professor >> Department of Ecology and Evolution >> Stony Brook University >> Stony Brook, NY 11794-5245 USA >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> On Sun, May 13, 2018 at 1:15 PM, Greg Rau <gh...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: >> >>> GR - Geoengineering’s new “stomping grounds”? Hazards, moral and >>> otherwise? >>> >>> https://www.sciencealert.com/could-resurrecting-mammoths-hel >>> p-stop-arctic-emissions >>> >>> This is where our shaggy friends may come in. Mammoths and other large >>> herbivores of the Pleistocene continually trampled mosses and shrubs, >>> uprooting trees and disturbing the landscape. >>> >>> In this way, they inadvertently acted as natural geo-engineers >>> <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/257110614_Mammoth_steppe_A_high-productivity_phenomenon>, >>> maintaining highly productive steppe landscapes full of grasses, herbs and >>> no trees. >>> Bringing mammoth-like creatures back to the tundra could, in theory, >>> help recreate the steppe ecosystem more widely. Because grass absorbs less >>> sunlight than trees, this would cause the ground to absorb less heat and in >>> turn keep the carbon pools and their greenhouse gases on ice for longer. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "geoengineering" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to geoengineering@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "geoengineering" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to geoengineering@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to geoengineering@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
