How a project to rewild the American West could help tackle climate change

Aug 25, 2022

Ecologists believe that rewilding could prove valuable to combating climate change in western America. Image: Unsplash/Gautier Salles

Victoria Masterson

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Rewilding efforts in parts of the American West. Image: BioScience

Rewilding 11 large reserves across the American West aims to repopulate species like the grey wolf. Image: BioScience

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