{"id":14388,"date":"2023-11-23T11:44:47","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T16:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/?p=14388"},"modified":"2026-02-23T15:51:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T20:51:42","slug":"the-sperm-whales-are-fighting-climate-change-on-our-behalf-says-shane-gero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/2023\/the-sperm-whales-are-fighting-climate-change-on-our-behalf-says-shane-gero\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sperm Whales are fighting Climate Change on our behalf says &#8216;Shane Gero&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        The Sperm Whales are fighting Climate Change on our behalf says &#8216;Shane Gero&#8217;\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>Sperm whales in Dominica are believed to defecate more than whales elsewhere, according to Carleton University <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/\">Department of Biology<\/a> scientist <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/shane-gero\/\">Shane Gero<\/a>, who has worked as an advisor to the Dominica government on the project. Gero also says &#8220;in some respects &#8216;the sperm whales are fighting climate change on our behalf&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/Shane-Gero-2-400x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/Shane-Gero-2-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/Shane-Gero-2-160x160.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/Shane-Gero-2-240x240.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/Shane-Gero-2-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/Shane-Gero-2-360x360.jpg 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/Shane-Gero-2.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/canadiangeographic.ca\/articles\/wildlife-wednesdays-how-a-pandemic-heki-ski-shutdown-expanded-the-range-of-b-c-caribou\/\">Click here!<\/a> to read the full story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sperm whales in Dominica are believed to defecate more than whales elsewhere, according to Carleton University Department of Biology scientist Shane Gero, who has worked as an advisor to the Dominica government on the project. Gero also says &#8220;in some respects &#8216;the sperm whales are fighting climate change on our behalf&#8221;. 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