Weilgart pointed to the North Atlantic right whale, a subpopulation of the northern bottlenose whale off Sable Island, and killer whales off the West Coast, as some that are in dire straits. Not only would it be horrible for these creatures to be lost for future generations, but Weilgart said whales are very important ecologically. Those little microscopic plants are like the grass of the oceans, Weilgart said, and take up 50 per cent of the carbon dioxide out of the air, which is a gas contributing to climate change. "This means that one whale does the work of about 1,000 trees indirectly in taking carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, and preventing or reducing our climate disaster." A female sperm whale dives off the Galapagos Islands ( Mauricio Cantor/Whitehead Lab/Dalhousie University)"We're all guilty of just buying too much.

Source: CBC News October 11, 2020 19:18 UTC