Teachers and student leaders are invited to attend an optional informational webinar on 9/2/2021 at 3:45 pm.

https://calgeography.sdsu.edu/celebrate-california-biodiversity-day/

Whales lead long lives sequestering carbon dioxide in their bodies. At death the creatures sink to the bottom of the ocean, still holding that absorbed gas. Ultimately just one of those mammals is responsible on average for pulling 33 tons of heat-trapping CO2 out of the atmosphere for centuries. The estimated economic value of this service to slow climate change? A tidy $2 million per individual whale.

https://www.marketwatch.com/amp/story/every-whale-is-worth-2-million-why-its-time-to-add-the-value-of-nature-to-gdp-11632852074