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alojapan.com/1250630/dont-miss Don’t miss this season’s whale-watching tours in Okinawa #JapanTours #OkinawaWhale #tours #whale #WhaleTourOkinawa #WhaleWatchingTour #WhaleWatchingToursOkinawa (Photo courtesy of photoAC) It’s not just tourists or athletes who come to Okinawa to warm up during the winter months. The subtropical region is also where humpback whales vacation away from the rough cold waters off Russia and Alaska. According to the Japan National Tourism Organiza…

#Whale pee moves vital nutrients thousands of miles
'We often think of plants as the lungs of the planet. Animals are the circulatory system.’
Some new research found that great #whales—including right whales, gray whales, and humpbacks—transport roughly 4,000 tons of #nitrogen to low-nutrient coastal areas in the tropics and subtropics every single year. Described as the “great whale pee funnel.”
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Popular Science · Whale pee moves vital nutrients thousands of miles'We often think of plants as the lungs of the planet. Animals are the circulatory system.’

The image shows a suspended whale model in a museum corridor, accented by blue duotones. It aims to indicate the ocean's essence, supporting marine life awareness. The blend of architecture and color fosters a serene, reflective atmosphere.

A prototype of the Rosalind Franklin Mars rover from the European Space Agency is displayed below the skeleton of a blue whale named Hope in the Hintze Hall of the Natural History Museum. The museum’s new exhibition – Space: Could Life Exist Beyond Earth? – will allow visitors to touch and hold real pieces of the moon, Mars and meteorites, as well as see groundbreaking pieces of technology such as this prototype Martian vehicle.

Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images

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