Iron fertilization of the ocean is the simulation of natural processes. Hundreds of years ago there were more whales and humans killed the whales. Large whales pooping in the ocean had the same effect ...

There’s an elite club in surfing. One which, for entry, requires determination, desperation, and a smidge of shameless depravity. We’re talking about the pooping in the ocean (occasionally wetsuit) ...

Nextbigfuture interviewed Iain Kerr at the Singularity University Global Summit. Iain Kerr is with the Ocean Alliance. Ocean Alliance has been pioneering methods of studying and learning about the ...

What can whale poop teach us about ocean nutrients? This is what a recent study published in Communications Earth & Environment hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated a link between a ...

Bigger than any dinosaur that ever existed, blue whales can reach 110 feet long and weigh up to 190 tons. These giants, alongside other cetacean species like humpback and grey whales, are part of a ...

Sharks are incredibly scary creatures to experience first-hand, and I totally understand why you'd be afraid to go swimming in the ocean in an area known for shark encounters. But it turns out that ...

Large marine mammals such as baleen whales play a huge role in cycling iron through their marine environments, directly helping to boost phytoplankton growth and atmospheric carbon sequestration. Now ...

Whales might poop more than scientists previously thought. That’s one conclusion of a paper published Wednesday in Nature, in which researchers spied on baleen whales with suction-cup sensors and ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...