Salamanders = the silent climate crisis heroes! Salamanders are small, but they punch above their weight when it comes to sequestering carbon. They are vital to ensuring that carbon isn't rapidly released into the atmosphere causing the Earth to warm. The soil in forests stores 2-3x more carbon than the trees. And the animals that live beneath the soil are a major reason why. These tiny predators largely eat invertebrates that live on the forest floor and chow down on leaves that fall from trees. But their munching releases the carbon stored in the dead tree leaves. That’s where the salamanders come in with their taste for preying on invertebrates, like insects and worms. By keeping invertebrate populations in check salamanders help to ensure that more carbon can be stored in the soil. A new study published in nature_the_journal - and led by Re:wild - reveals that climate change is emerging as the primary driver behind the global decline of amphibians: frogs, salamanders, and caeci...