The 2,000-Pound Vegetarians Slowing Climate Change

Some of our best environmental engineers when it comes to winning the race to slow climate change have turned out to be these natural (and very cute) prairie-preserving specialists! Here’s how bison are restoring a previously destroyed landscape and keeping tons of carbon out of our atmosphere along the way.

Have you heard of the engineers in Oklahoma who are taking 1.7 metric tons of carbon out of our atmosphere—the equivalent of taking 4 million cars off the road? 1 Don’t be fooled by their adorable soft snouts and fluffy appearance, these 2,000-pound grazers are ecosystem engineers who are giving us hope for a cleaner, brighter future, all with the carbon-capturing power of grass!

By Sam Burns

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