What If All Whales Disappeared?

Whales produce more oxygen than every forest on Earth combined. 🐋

This fact changed the way I think about this planet. Every time a whale dives deep and returns to the surface, it brings nutrients from the ocean floor into the sunlit zone. Those nutrients feed phytoplankton. And phytoplankton produce between fifty and eighty percent of all the oxygen on Earth. More than every tree, every forest combined. Without whales, that cycle stops. Phytoplankton collapse. Oxygen drops. The ocean stops absorbing carbon. The food chain follows. Krill, then fish, then everything that depends on fish. Half the oxygen on Earth. Gone. And the closing fact: you have been breathing air made possible by whale excrement your entire life. Every single breath. Without ever knowing.

Did you know this? What else are we not being taught? 👇

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