As the planet heats up, the Cold Blob remains a spooky outlier — positioned right above the area where the Atlantic Ocean’s so-called conveyor belt is supposed to switch back and head south.

‘Great whale conveyor belt’ nourishes the ocean. March 20, 2025. Eve Zuckoff, CAI; A gray whale seen south of Nantucket on March 1, 2024. ... the great whale conveyor belt has weakened.

Whales are the bees of the ocean. That’s a conclusion of new research showing that whales undertake the longest journeys to transport nutrients of any mammal or large animal on Earth, much like ...

Whales are the bees of the ocean. ... and right whales transport more than 3,700 tons of nitrogen each year while migrating along what’s been dubbed the “great whale conveyor belt. ...

This transfer constitutes the largest movement of nitrogen and carbon ever documented by animals across great distances. The “conveyor belt” is not just made up of urine, though. It also ...

“We call it the ‘great whale conveyor belt,’” Joe Roman, a University of Vermont biologist and study coauthor, said in a university news release. The study focused on a handful of baleen ...

Whale urine helps move nutrients thousands of miles across the ocean in a “conveyer belt,” according to a new study. Photo from Venti Views, UnSplash It turns out, whale pee is nothing to pooh ...

This transfer constitutes the largest movement of nitrogen and carbon ever documented by animals across great distances. The “conveyor belt” is not just made up of urine, though. It also ...