Derek Caelin 🌱 on Nostr: "Protecting whales benefits everybody. Each great whale sequesters, on average, 33 ...
"Protecting whales benefits everybody. Each great whale sequesters, on average, 33 tons of carbon, and they take that with them to the ocean floor... after they die. Their feces fertilize phytoplankton, which are the basis of all marine food webs and the source of oxygen for every other breath we take. Thanks to their ecological and economic services, each great whale is valued at over $2 million... The value of the world’s whale stock easily exceeds $1 trillion."
https://atmos.earth/a-descendants-call-for-whale-legal-personhood/Published at
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