According to a study published last year, #salps, #jellyfish and other gelatinous creatures such as comb jellies remove up to an estimated 6.8bn tonnes of carbon each year from seas around the world. Of that, some 2bn tonnes of the carbon is thought to fall to the seafloor where it stays locked up and out of harm’s way. Salps remain largely unappreciated, but they are powerhouses in curbing climate change. Ref: "The Guardian" Photograph: Vassilis Psomas/EPA" Chains of salps at the coastline of Corinth, #Greece #Climatechange