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Nature Magazine Highlights Pershing's Call for Whale Conservation

September 6th, 2010

UMaine biological oceanographer Andrew Pershing presented earlier this year his concept of carbon credits for whale conservation, according to Nature Magazine.

Pershing says whales are like trees because they store a lot of carbon. Just as planting trees removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, allowing whale population to rebound following the era of factory whaling would also keep carbon out of the atmosphere.

More information:
www.nature.com/news/2010/10022 … ll/news.2010.96.html

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