Can "resurrected" mammoths alleviate Arctic warming? A Russian scientist father and son come up with ideas!
[Global Times Comprehensive Report] The greenhouse gases emitted by the melting of the Arctic permafrost will pose a huge threat to the climate and lead to increased global warming.
A Russian pair of scientists, father and son, proposed an extremely imaginative response plan: "resurrecting" the long-extinct mammoth.
According to a report by Singapore’s “Straits Times” on the 13th, Russian scientist Zimov and his father Sergey are cooperating with the American company Kolosar, which studies mammoth reproduction, to graze in a park in Russia’s Yakut region.
The park currently has 150 animals including camels, horses, deer and buffaloes.
Corozal stated that it expects to breed the first mammoth within 4-6 years, and strive to achieve the ultimate goal of 1,000 heads in the future.
Sergey and his son believe that animals stepping on snow in winter can alleviate or prevent the permafrost from melting, and at the same time protect the soil and allow the grass to grow after winter.
The grassland has both the functions of lowering the temperature and raising livestock, which can effectively alleviate the pressure on the Arctic ecological environment.
United Nations related research shows that by 2100, the melting of Arctic permafrost will release 240 billion tons of greenhouse gases such as methane and carbon dioxide.
As the country with the largest area of permafrost in the world, Russia is facing the severe problem of Arctic warming.
(Ren Siyu)