Climate change
Mysteries of Science
Whale Poo Is a Great Solution to Climate Change
Whales speed in the depths of the ocean, but then they return to the photic zone where there's light and that's where they poo. They do these massive poos which is full of iron and nitrogen and they fertilize the plankton at the top of the ocean. So whales enable these plumes of phytoplankton which take carbon out of our atmosphere. If we had more whales, that would be great for climate change.
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