“When whales die, their bodies sink to the bottom of the ocean and over time become part of the marine sediment layer, where they can sequester the carbon dioxide they have accumulated during their life span, an average of 33 tons for a great whale species, keeping it out of the atmosphere for hundreds or thousands of years.”

American environmental journalist and author

Tatiana Schlossberg is an American environmental journalist and author. She worked as a science and climate reporter for The New York Times and wrote for publications including The Atlantic, The Washington Post, Vanity Fair, and Bloomberg News. She is known for reporting on science and climate, and for her 2019 book, Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don't Know You Have. Her work focuses on environmental questions and the hidden effects of everyday consumption.