Whales to the Rescue: How Whales Help Engineer the Planet (Ecosystem Guardians)

It’ s not just humans combating global warming.

Meet one of Earth’ s “ecosystem engineers”!In this fascinating and unique book, a marine biologist reveals how whales are “ecosystem engineers” — animals that create, modify or maintain a habitat or ecosystem.

Whales do this by reducing the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

They store loads of carbon in their bodies for decades, even centuries; when they die, they sink to the ocean floor, taking their carbon with them.

More carbon in the ocean means less carbon in the atmosphere.

And it’ s all thanks to whales!Now kids get one more reason to love these amazing creatures!