WhaleX Foundation
On a mission
Multiplying what whales do to help remove CO₂ and increase fisheries.
Photo: Marcos Rossi-Santos
We are addressing the greatest challenges of our time.
Restoring the climate
Regenerating the ocean
Benefiting the malnourished
by simulating what whales have been doing for millennia
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Whales have been helping store Carbon in the deep ocean for almost 40 million years!
But whaling has contributed to the loss of around 3 million whales from the ocean.
Numbers have fallen from 4 to 5 million in pre-whaling times to around 1.3 million today.
With the loss in whales has come a loss in CO2 stored in the ocean.
Ocean Nourishment
One of the ways whales help to store carbon dioxide in the ocean is through their nutrient plumes or “poo”! Their excreta is rich in nutrients which enable microscopic plants to grow. These microscopic plants known as phytoplankton take CO2 from the surface layer of the ocean during photosynthesis as they grow. This CO2 is replenished from the atmosphere. Some of the phytoplankton will then die and sink to the bottom of the ocean where they will remain for centuries storing carbon.
Other phytoplankton will be eaten by microscopic animals such as zooplankton, whose fecal pelltes also fall to the bottom of the ocean or may in turn be eaten by fish and other marine animals up the food chain. As the base of the food chain, phytoplankton regenerate ocean health and help to increase fish stocks which can provide protein to malnourished populations.
Guided By Whales
Our team at the WhaleX Foundation aim to simulate what these beautiful creatures have been doing for millennia to restore the climate, heal our oceans and benefit the malnourished.
