“Yesterday I learned that the breathing of whales is as crucial to our own breathing in the carbon cycle of the planet as are the forests of the world. Researchers say, if whales returned to their pre-commercial whaling numbers, their gigantic breathing would store as much carbon is 110,000 hectares of forest, or a forest the size of Rocky Mountain National Park.” ScienceWhalesCarbon Cycle Book:Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals Emergent Strategy Series Source: Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals Emergent Strategy Series