Mar 22, 2022
Yes, the 33 tons are over the life of an individual whale.
I couldn’t find any references to how much CO2 is respired by an individual whale but this website How whales help ocean ecosystems, the climate and mankind (stopkillingwhales.com) estimates the whale population exhales about 200,00 tons per year but fix 400,000 tons by fecal fertilization of phytoplankton.