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Whale poop power: Iron and copper-rich feces fueled ancient ocean food chain
The University of Washington conducted a study that offers more support to this claim, arguing that whale excrement holds ...
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Iron-Containing Whale Poop May Have Helped Fertilize Past Oceans
Researchers found that whale feces contain iron and non-toxic copper, essential nutrients for ocean ecosystems. The study ...
Whale poop contains iron that may have helped fertilize past oceans
The blue whale is the largest animal on the planet. It consumes enormous quantities of tiny, shrimp-like animals known as ...
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Whale Poop's Iron Could Have Fertilized Oceans
A blue whale photographed in September 2010.NOAA The blue whale is the largest animal on the planet. It consumes enormous quantities of tiny ...
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We Have Entered the Era of Global Boiling: Marine Wildlife, Ecosystems, and Economies Are Being Devastated
The ocean absorbs 90 percent of the excess heat generated by burning fossil fuels and deforestation. Climate change caused by ...
Krill vertical migration may have smaller impact on carbon export than previously thought
Antarctic krill swimming between the Southern Ocean's surface and seafloor depths, make a "surprisingly small" contribution to the carbon export "highway" compared to their fast-sinking feces, ...
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Farm-raised or wild-caught? Which is the healthier option for consumption?
When seafood is purchased and consumed, it's seafood that's either farm-raised or wild-caught. Over half of the seafood being bought and consumed is farm-raised, and this seafood is farmed through ...
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A new vision for how evolution works is long overdue
The authors explain how development — influenced by the conditions in which organisms live — drives how an organism looks, behaves and evolves. To demonstrate this, they give the example of ...