The Best Biome

#17 – Pleistocene Park

Listen Later

The concept behind Pleistocene Park is deceptively simple: rewild the Pleistocene Siberian arctic, slow the effects of climate change in the arctic. All it takes to revive the 10,000-year-old Mammoth Steppe, restore permafrost, and seriously reduce carbon and methane emissions--according to scientists--is releasing long-gone megafauna and watching the ecosystem shift under their influence.

The park is an incredible experiment, but more incredible is the paleoscience, climate science, grassland ecosystem development, and the incredible work of Sergey and Nikita Zimov to show that the science can work in practice.

Primary Sources: Be sure to check out photos and more at our site!

  1. Nikita Zimov: Pleistocene Park & Rewilding Siberia to Save the Climate. Webinar hosted by Sustainable Design Masterclass.
  2. Beer, C., Zimov, N., Olofsson, J. et al. Protection of Permafrost Soils from Thawing by Increasing Herbivore Density. Sci Rep 10, 4170 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-60938-y
  3. Zimov, S. A., Zimov, N. S., Tikhonov, A. N., & Chapin, F. S. (2012). Mammoth steppe: a high-productivity phenomenon. Quaternary Science Reviews, 57, 26–45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.10.005
  4. Zimov, N. Pleistocene Park. https://pleistocenepark.ru/

    5. Our Contact

    Website Facebook Twitte[email protected]

    Pleistocene Park

    Website Instagram Twitter

    ...more
    View all episodesView all episodes
    Download on the App Store
    The Best BiomeBy Rachel Roth and Nicole Brown
    • 4.9
    • 4.9
    • 4.9
    • 4.9
    • 4.9

    4.9

    12 ratings

    More shows like The Best Biome

    View all
    This American Life by This American Life

    This American Life

    91,139 Listeners

    Stuff You Should Know by iHeartPodcasts

    Stuff You Should Know

    78,418 Listeners

    My Brother, My Brother And Me by The McElroys

    My Brother, My Brother And Me

    30,084 Listeners

    Ologies with Alie Ward by Alie Ward

    Ologies with Alie Ward

    24,376 Listeners

    Behind the Bastards by Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts

    Behind the Bastards

    15,594 Listeners

    Know Your Enemy by Matthew Sitman

    Know Your Enemy

    2,043 Listeners

    The Bald and the Beautiful with Trixie and Katya by Studio71 & Confetti Cannon

    The Bald and the Beautiful with Trixie and Katya

    11,319 Listeners

    Completely Arbortrary by Completely Arbortrary

    Completely Arbortrary

    1,223 Listeners

    Two Idiot Girls by Headgum

    Two Idiot Girls

    1,215 Listeners

    The Comment Section with Drew Afualo by Past Your Bedtime

    The Comment Section with Drew Afualo

    1,942 Listeners

    So True with Caleb Hearon by Headgum

    So True with Caleb Hearon

    2,117 Listeners