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British beavers stop underground station flooding. West London’s Greenford Tube station used to flood whenever it rained heavily. The Ealing Beaver Project got a licence to resettle a family of beavers. The beavers built a dam & the flooding stopped at the station. buff.ly/2qrgh1Z #ShareGoodNewsToo
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About 400 years ago, beavers were hunted to extinction across Britain. Now they're being reintroduced as little climate warriors, as communities harness their dam-building skills to mitigate flooding.
As floods get worse, Britain tries a new solution: beavers
Ada Palmer