Here’s some important life advice: do not try to challenge a short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus) to a squid-eating contest. Research out today shows that these marine mammals can pack away hundreds of live calamari a day. For the first time ever, a large international team of researchers has quantified the diets of short-finned pilot […]
The Ocean Is a Carbon Toilet. Marine Heat Waves Are Clogging It.
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. The planet would be a whole lot hotter if it weren’t for fecal pellets. Across the world’s oceans, tiny organisms known as phytoplankton harvest the sun’s energy, gobbling up carbon dioxide and releasing oxygen. They’re eaten by little animals called zooplankton, which poop […]