How Whales Change Climate

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Ecosystems of the world are always striving for balance, and they do so in quite amazing ways. In healthy ecosystems, all parts of it - the animals, plants, microorganisms - strike a natural balance between giving and taking. In the case of whales, It turns out that they not only eat fish and krill, they also help them to reproduce. But that's not all they do. They also help to sequester carbon deep into the ocean. This is the story of how whales change the climate. It offers humanity a path forward to begin to give back to the planet that has given us everything. "When whales were at their historic populations, before their numbers were reduced, it seems that whales might have been responsible for removing tens of millions of tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere every year."

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