idiomaddict@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 13 hours agoWould increasing populations of ectothermic animals help climate change much more than increasing wildlife generally?message-squaremessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up113arrow-down1message-squareWould increasing populations of ectothermic animals help climate change much more than increasing wildlife generally?idiomaddict@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 13 hours agomessage-square3fedilinkfile-text
They convert energy to movement more than heat, but I don’t know how significant a warming factor body heat is generally.
minus-squareremon@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7·13 hours agoThey still produce heat, so increasing their population will just add more heat. I don’t think it matters, though. The amount of heat produced by animals is probably neglectable compared to just the sunlight the earth receives every day.
They still produce heat, so increasing their population will just add more heat.
I don’t think it matters, though. The amount of heat produced by animals is probably neglectable compared to just the sunlight the earth receives every day.
*negligible