New research, wild pigs worse than a million cars for the climate

JM
Updated July 21 2021 - 9:29am, first published July 20 2021 - 8:00am
CLIMATE PESTS: By uprooting carbon trapped in soil, wild pigs are releasing around 4.9 million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide annually across the globe, the equivalent of 1.1 million cars.
CLIMATE PESTS: By uprooting carbon trapped in soil, wild pigs are releasing around 4.9 million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide annually across the globe, the equivalent of 1.1 million cars.

New research has found that the climate impact of wild pigs around the world is equal to the greenhouse gas emissions of 1.1 million cars annually.

JM

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