Animals as arteries: how animal nutrient movement is changing the environment

On the Map, Off the Radar

Earth system models to date operate in a world without animals. In these models animals are assumed passive recipients of environmental conditions and plant processes, contributing negligible effects on global biogeochemical cycles and biome function. In this episode of On the Map, Off the Radar Andrew Abraham discusses the previously overlooked movement of nutrients by animals, and the importance this may have to all of life on Earth.