Trace Metals and Other Nutrients from Whale Feces Fertilized Ancient Oceans, New Study Confirms

Feb 10, 2025 - 08:45
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Trace Metals and Other Nutrients from Whale Feces Fertilized Ancient Oceans, New Study Confirms
Disruption of iron and copper recycling from industrial whaling. Image credit: Monreal et al., doi: 10.1038/s43247-024-01965-9.

Blue whales and other baleen whales, which filter seawater through their mouths to feed on small marine life, once teemed in Earth’s oceans.

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