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Researchers discover elephant extinction could have major impact on atmosp
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Researchers report that elephants play a key role in creating forests which store more atmospheric carbon and maintaining the biodiversity of forests in Africa. If the already critically endangered elephants become extinct, rainforest of central and west Africa, the second largest rainforest
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Loss of elephants, megaherbivores could lead to rapid environmental change
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept. 13 (ANI): According to a new research loss of megaherbivores such as elephants and hippos could allow woody plants, non-grassy herbs and flowering plants to encroach the grasslands in African national parks.
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