Whale poop contains iron that may have helped fertilize past oceans
A recent theory proposes that whales weren’t just predators in the ocean environment: Nutrients that whales excreted may have ...
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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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Whale poop contains iron that may have helped fertilize past oceans
It finds that whale excrement contains significant amounts of iron, a vital element that is often scarce in ocean ecosystems, and nontoxic forms of copper, another essential nutrient that in some ...