Photo by guille pozzi on Unsplash
Ease Rating: Medium
Carbon Emission Savings: 227 kg CO2e
5 - ~80% target progress (2,000+ kg CO2e)
4 - ~60% (1,000 - 2,000 kg CO2e)
3 - ~20% (500 - 1,000 kg CO2e)
2 - ~10% (100 - 500 kg CO2e)
1 - <10% (<100 kg CO2e)
0 - <1% (<30 kg CO2e)
No. of People Influenced Beyond You: tens of people
Amount of Savings: n/a
Impacts: 🦋 Boost Biodiversity
Categories: Advocacy & Choice
Description
Besides being the beautiful gentle giants of the oceans, whales help sequester enormous amounts of carbon pollution. They are huge animals that ingest a lot and mix up the oceans — creating phytoplankton blooms everywhere.
First, phytoplanktons photosynthesize, i.e. convert carbon dioxide to oxygen. Second, when whales die they fall (majestically) to the ocean floor, taking the carbon in their bones and oil to the bottom where various life forms decompose the body and mix it into the ocean floor.