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How Sperm Whales Offset Their Carbon Footprint
Boy Wunda writes "Scientists at Flinders University in South Australia found that in an awesome example of design by Mother Nature, Southern Ocean sperm whales offset their carbon footprint by simply defecating – an action that releases tons of iron a year and stimulates the growth of phytoplankton which absorb and trap carbon dioxide. If only we humans could say the same for our poop, which really doesn't do much more than just sit there." I'm going to do my part by buying some iron supplements and a can of chili, and heading off toward the ocean.
How about you do your part by buying a cheap .22 caliber pistol and blowing your brains out?
I wonder how long it will take for someone to suggest dumping raw sewage into the oceans in an effort to reduce our carbon footprint ...
So basically, according to Mother Nature, we aren't worth our weight in shit?
Anything that doesn't use fossil fuel (directly or indirectly) is already pretty much carbon neutral over its lifespan. .The O2/CO2 levels in the atmosphere have been more or less in balance for millions of years,
"I bless every day that I continue to live, for every day is pure profit."
Sperm whales have a carbon footprint? What? From the Hummers they're driving, or all the coal-burning power plants they've built?
I know this is Idle on Slashdot, but man, that is the dumbest headline I've seen in a while.
Wow. Organisms that are part of a balanced ecosystem are in fact in balance with their surrounding ecosystem. What's next? The revelation that planets in orbit around the sun do not in fact fly off into space because they follow a curved path centered around the parent body? Must be a slow news day.