I've heard about how poop can help your garden grow and how you can make paper out of it and even how it can be used as an energy source but THIS ... this is the coolest.
New research suggests that whale poo could be the answer to reversing the effects of climate change. Baleen and sperm whales, known as the 'great whales', feed on stuff deep down in the ocean. BUT they come up to the surface to take a dump. Their massive amounts of poop help feed loads of other organisms (bit gross, I know), including phytoplankton, and therefore help keep the ocean alive and healthy. The healthier the ocean, the more carbon it can absorb. The more man-made carbon the ocean absorbs -- the healthier the whole planet!
Researchers suggest that as whale populations recover from the terrible impact of whaling over the last 100 years, they could help us wind back the effects of climate change. How cool is that? What's more, these studies also show that whaling could have played a part in making climate change such a stinker of a problem. (Pardon the pun.) If we'd have left the ocean and the animals in it alone, maybe we wouldn't be in such deep ... trouble.
But as my favourite philosopher Rafiki would say ...
It's up to us to make sure that the mistakes of the past never happen again. Killing whales is cruel, unnecessary and seemingly has a negative impact on the global ecosystem. But there are three countries who still find excuses to hunt whales -- Japan, Iceland and Norway. You can help put a stop to this by contacting their representatives in Australia and asking them to cut out whaling for good. Click here to send a strong message for whales today.
Also, did you know that there is a single industry that emits more greenhouse gasses than all of the world's cars, trains and planes combined? If you give a crap about the planet you can choose not to support this industry, starting today! Click here to find out more.
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