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Is There a Risk of Overselling the Carbon Value of Whales?
There is a risk potentially of overselling their level of carbon capture, says Chris Smith. We just don't have the data we need to fully put a carbon value on all of the ways that whales might be helping to capture, store and sequester carbon,. And there have been some pretty high dollar economic figures put on the carbon values of whales which our team was concerned about. But right now, we don't feel like we are at a place scientifically to put a economic figure on the carbon value of whales.
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