{"id":14346,"date":"2023-11-17T16:09:59","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T21:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/?p=14346"},"modified":"2023-11-17T16:15:54","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T21:15:54","slug":"worlds-1st-sperm-whale-reserve-protects-carbon-heroes-of-the-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/2023\/worlds-1st-sperm-whale-reserve-protects-carbon-heroes-of-the-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"World&#8217;s 1st sperm whale reserve protects &#8216;carbon heroes&#8217; of the sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/shane-gero\/\">Shane Gero<\/a>, scientist-in-residence in <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/\">Department of Biology<\/a>, Carleton University has been researching family of whales for almost 20 years. Shane frequently works with the whales in Dominica, and is an advisor to the Dominica government on &#8220;How sperm whales fight climate change&#8221; project.<\/p>\n<p>His work has been recognized and appreciated by the Dominican government and we congratulate Shane for his exceptional work.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14349 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/Shane-gero-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"446\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/Shane-gero-1.jpg 446w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/Shane-gero-1-240x135.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/Shane-gero-1-400x224.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/Shane-gero-1-160x90.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/Shane-gero-1-360x202.jpg 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/Shane-gero-1-200x112.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 446px) 100vw, 446px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/amp\/1.7030683\">Click here!<\/a> to know more about his milestone.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shane Gero, scientist-in-residence in Department of Biology, Carleton University has been researching family of whales for almost 20 years. Shane frequently works with the whales in Dominica, and is an advisor to the Dominica government on &#8220;How sperm whales fight climate change&#8221; project. His work has been recognized and appreciated by the Dominican government and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>World&#039;s 1st sperm whale reserve protects &#039;carbon heroes&#039; of the sea - Department of Biology<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Shane Gero, scientist-in-residence in Department of Biology, Carleton University has been researching family of whales for almost 20 years. 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