Whale of a Tale: The Truth About Whales and Climate Change — A recent study by Griffith |
Contrary to some hopeful expectations, a new study by Griffith University and a global team of researchers has found that whales contribute minimally to atmospheric carbon capture, and thus can’t significantly influence the course of climate change.
The team found the amount potentially sequestered by the whales was too minimal to make significant impact on the trajectory of climate change.“Our study supports that whales are important for the marine ecosystem, but their contribution to the global carbon flux is too small to effectively reduce atmospheric carbon,” Dr Meynecke said.
There are other potential pathways in which whales can contribute to carbon capture: through their biomass in which carbon is kept for decades ; and when a whale dies by falling to the ocean floor where it may eventually be covered by sediment.
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