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Sperm whale faeces 'offset CO2 emissions'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/science_and_ ... 323987.stm


	Quote: Sperm whale faeces may help oceans absorb carbon dioxide from the air, scientists have found. Australian researchers calculate that Southern Ocean sperm whales, estimated to number about 12,000, each release about 50 tonnes of iron every year. This stimulates the growth of tiny marine plants - phytoplankton - which absorb CO2 during photosynthesis.

Now what about bears in the woods?

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Wed Jun 16, 2010 3:40 am

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Re: Sperm whale faeces 'offset CO2 emissions'

Poor chap looks constipated!

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Wed Jun 16, 2010 4:18 am

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	big_D wrote: Poor chap looks constipated!

I suppose you would too if each dump weighed as much as a car.

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