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<\/a> Saving the planet with whale poop:<\/strong> Environmentalists are weighing the idea of using whale feces as critical carbon sinks, although this would be no easy task, the Financial Times<\/a> writes. Whale poop \u2014 which is described by FT as \u201cenvironmental gold dust\u201d \u2014 acts as a powerful fertilizer for the oceans\u2019 phytoplankton, which has massive carbon capture potential. The microalgae produces more than half of the world\u2019s oxygen and removes as much carbon dioxide as four Amazon rainforests.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a catch: <\/strong>Placing a USD value on a great whale and its services means quantifying claims for its carbon impact beforehand, the FT writes. This could be costly, given that stakeholders behind the Whale Carbon Plus Project estimate the rough value of a great whale at USD 2.5 mn to USD 3 mn over a 60-year lifespan. The project would also mean allowing for assigning ownership of the marine mammals, which could be tricky given that they\u2019re migratory creatures. Also, any resulting financial product would need to be verified and audited independently.<\/p>\n

Still worth a try?<\/strong> If related stakeholders, including governments, economists, and environmentalists can get on the same page \u201cthere\u2019s this new pie, this new asset class that didn\u2019t exist before,\u201d Whale Carbon Plus Project partner Connel Fullenkamp tells the FT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Saving the planet with whale poop: Environmentalists are weighing the idea of using whale feces as critical carbon sinks, although this would be no easy task, the Financial Times writes. Whale poop \u2014 which is described by FT as \u201cenvironmental gold dust\u201d \u2014 acts as a powerful fertilizer for the oceans\u2019 phytoplankton, which has massive […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":77246,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[157],"tags":[68,57,156,11],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-77245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-climate-in-the-news","tag-carbon-storage","tag-climate-change","tag-climate-in-the-news","tag-enterpriseclimate","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"754eda4b-e037-46de-9f35-63e00479316d","is_powered_by":true,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2023\/5\/1831.jpg","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[77229],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"\nThe latest wild carbon capture idea: Whale poop - Climate<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/climate\/2023\/05\/04\/the-latest-wild-carbon-capture-idea-whale-poop\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The latest wild carbon capture idea: Whale poop\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Saving the planet with whale poop: Environmentalists are weighing the idea of using whale feces as critical carbon sinks, although this would be no easy task, the Financial Times writes. 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