Great whale pee funnel carries nutrients thousands of miles, boosting phytoplanktons

Low-Res_1_Credit - Martin van Aswegen_Permit - 21476

Source: Martin van Aswegen, NOAA permit 21476

A new study shows that whales carry huge quantities of nutrients horizontally, across whole ocean basins, from rich, cold waters where they feed to warm shores near the equator where they mate and give birth. 

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