Whale’s-Service to Ocean Ecosystem Would you come for sail at my back friend said dear whale, Of course! I will come for ride dear whale, Indirectly trees capture carbon in the ecosystem, terrestrial, How you capture #carbon in the# ecosystem ocean dear whale. I hope you are comfortable on my, Back dear friend said dear whale, See I am not consuming #carbon dioxide. But I do facilitate #carbon absorption said dear whale, How you go about doing this task difficult dear whale, See I am diving down with my movements, I push nutrients from the bottom, Of the ocean to the surface, Where I feed marine flora that suck in carbon, This is my first important service to ocean system, In #reducing carbon in ocean ecosystem said dear whale. Now friend we are deep down in ocean said dear whale See my friend this is my(whale) excrement-poo, My #poo contains the iron and nitrogen, And act as a fertiliser for phytoplankton, A microscopic creatures that live at surface ocean, And capture carbon and release oxygen. The process is known as the “whale pump”, dear friend, This is my second important service to the ocean system, In reducing carbon in ocean ecosystem said dear whale. I hope you are comfortable on my back friend said dear whale, I (whale) can store a vast amount of carbon, Over the course of my life that may last 100+ years, When I (whale -animal) will die, I will sink to the sea-bed, #‘locking-in’ this large carbon store, In ocean ecosystem for centuries. This will be my third service to ocean system, In reducing carbon in ocean #ecosystem said dear whale. My wonderful visit in ocean ecosystem, Was so much fun than regular visit to,
Zoo in terrestrial ecosystem,
I thanked dear whale for making me comfortable,
And educating me during back ride in ocean ecosystem.
sukarma Thareja
Alumnus IITK 1986
India
Comments