Researchers Put a Number on Animals’ Earth-Shaping Effects

Wild animals expend 76,000 gigajoules of energy—the equivalent of hundreds of thousands of monsoons or floods—shaping our planet’s terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems.

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Eos
Published
2025-03-27
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https://doi.org/10.1029/2025eo250113
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Marine and environmental studies
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Researchers Put a Number on Animals’ Earth-Shaping Effects

Carolyn Wilke
Eos
Marine and environmental studies
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Researchers Put a Number on Animals’ Earth-Shaping Effects

Carolyn Wilke
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Abstract

Wild animals expend 76,000 gigajoules of energy—the equivalent of hundreds of thousands of monsoons or floods—shaping our planet’s terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems.

EosVol. 106
Openalex Percentile: Top 91%
Marine and environmental studies
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