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Re:Whales could help curb climate change by a3n on Saturday February 08, 2020 @09:53PM (#22280085)
It says when they die, they sink to the bottom, "locking the carbon" at the bottom of the ocean.

But isn't a significant part of that carbon released into the water as they're eaten and otherwise decomposed and dissolved?

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Re:Whales could help curb climate change by Fireflite on Saturday February 08, 2020 @11:55PM (#22280449)
Whale corpses tend to reach the bottom of the ocean largely intact actually! It's hard for most creatures to eat them quickly enough, and they're typically largely eaten by sharks and scavengers on the ocean floor.
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