Growing beaver numbers ‘threatening Arctic permafrost in Canada and Alaska’

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From almost zero presence in the mid-20th century, beavers are rapidly colonising Arctic areas in Western Alaska

“The abundance of vegetation, particularly trees and woody shrubs, appears to help beavers to thrive in previously inhospitable terrain, and we are also finding beaver lodges at ever higher elevations, including above the treeline."

 

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Yeh, bastard beavers, with their SUVs and skidoo tearing up the Arctic, not to mention their propane patio heaters and all those airmiles they rack up...

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