Whales are vital to curb climate change – WEF
What a remarkable piece. I wonder how many of the big boys have read this…
Whales store huge amounts of CO2
They support the growth of phytoplankton, which stores 40% of all carbon produced
A 1% increase in phytoplankton productivity is equivalent to 2 billion mature trees
If we helped whales return to their pre-whaling numbers of 4- to 5 million (up from 1.3 million today), researchers say they could capture 1.7 billion tonnes of CO2 annually.
That would be about 5% of total CO2 emissions – not a bad amount, more so when you consider that you get an 3 additional million of those magnificent creatures floating around as a bonus.
Thanks Bhaskar Venkata Mallimadugula for pointing out this link
See my LinkedIn post on this topic
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