e contribute to the removal of carbon from the atmosphere and thus help mitigate climate change.  However, after examining the main ways in which whales (such as humpback whales) remove atmospheric carbon on a regional and global scale, a team of researchers led by Griffith University in Australia recently found that the amount of potential carbon sequestration by whales is high. unfortunately too little to significantly alter the trajectory of climate change. (Andrei Ionescu)