Stop Feeding Sardines To The Cat: Let Fish Poop Save The World!

Published Jan. 23, 2009 at 3:00 a.m.
Sardines...With Tomatoes and Rosemary Image credit:Urban Sardines, On Food And Wine, blogOk, I admit the title is hyperbole...But the science is certain, important, timely, and fascinating, I promise...A newly published research paper describes how bony marine fishes have been found to sequester significant amounts of carbon, as calcium carbonate, a.k.a. "gut rocks." Marine fish pooping 'gut rocks' are estimated to drop "3 to 15% of total oceanic carbonate production" of the oceans - right on Neptune's rug...Read on mermaids and mermales...It gets weird.


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