Declines in marine, large animals disrupt Earth's nutrient cycle

ENN
Oct 26, 2015, 10:04 pm23 pts
A new study reveals that in the past large land animals, whales, seabirds and fish played a vital role in recycling nutrients from the ocean depths, spreading them far and wide across the globe and taking them deep inland. However, the paper says massive declines in their populations coupled with the extinction…

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