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Beavers reintroduced to an English estate changed its stream within a year

Publicado por Times of India · India hace 51 min
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Optical illusion: You have hawk eyes if you can spot the hidden rat within the first 15 seconds of seeing the image · Times of India

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The Spains Hall Estate in Essex has welcomed the return of beavers, leading to remarkable improvements in the local ecosystem. A year after their reintroduction, studies revealed…

Who knew one animal could change an entire landscape?Beavers in an English estate did not hold meetings about biodiversity, draw up restoration blueprints or worry about water quality. They simply got to work, felling trees, building dams and creating homes around the waterways they inhabit.A recent study in England by University of Liverpool has found that reintroducing beavers to an estate in Essex transformed the surrounding stream in just a year. Researchers recorded an increase in terrestrial insects, higher oxygen levels in the water and a striking reduction in nitrate concentrations downstream.

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