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Letter: On the idea of storing carbon by rewilding (1)

Published 16 April 2025

From Richard Jefferys, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, UK

It is suggested that rewilding with large herbivores could sequester a lot of carbon in soil. But does this work long-term? I worry that soil contains a host of bacteria that love to degrade carbon to carbon dioxide. And ruminant herbivores, among the rewilding animals suggested, emit a lot of methane. (29 March, p 39)

Issue no. 3539 published 19 April 2025

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