Digging down under
Lumbering through Australia’s forests, echidnas might not look like they would have a big impact. But they move enormous amounts of soil, Eldridge says — “up to eight tons per year for an individual animal.”
That adds up to a lot of holes.
Not all pits work equally well at trapping carbon in the soil. In one 2021 study, Eldridge found that
You’ll need to watch your step if you walk through a eucalypt forest in Australia. The ground is likely to be full of pits and covered in mounds of soil. …read more
Source:: Science Explores
