{"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 ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ 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 ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ 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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