Whales in the carbon cycle: can recovery remove carbon dioxide?

Overview of attention for article published in Trends in Ecology & Evolution, December 2022

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Whale Pee Transports Nutrients Across Thousands of Miles, Study Reveals : ScienceAlert todayheadline

Today Headline, 16 Mar 2025

Great rivers of whale pee make a remarkable contribution to Earth’s cycling of nutrients, a new study reveals.

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