Through urine, feces, placentas, carcasses and sloughing skin, whales bring thousands of tons of nitrogen and other nutrients from high-latitude areas like Alaska and Antarctica to low-nutrient ...

Seagrasses and phytoplankton near the ocean’s surface ... protective coating like the shells and other body parts of coral, clams or oysters. Whales for example can absorb tons of carbon as ...

Watching phytoplankton illuminate the world's shores is an otherworldly experience. With a bit of luck and perseverance, ...

Overall, the study said migrating gray, humpback and right whales convey an estimated 3,784 tons of nitrogen and 46,512 tons of biomass to low-nutrient coastal areas in the tropics and subtropics ...