Diarrhea-Like Whale Waste Cleans the Environment : Discovery News
Sperm whales in the Southern Ocean release 220,462 tons of carbon when they exhale carbon dioxide at the water's surface, but their poo stimulates the drawdown of 440,925 tons of carbon, according to the research, published in the latest Proceedings of the Royal Society B.Sperm whales more than offset their carbon › News in Science (ABC Science)
"It's like a big plume of diarrhoea," says Lavery.
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But she says this is less than 1% of what human activity is adding to the atmosphere every year so whales alone can't save us from climate change.
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