Extreme Ocean Pressure Is Feeding Deep-Sea Life in a Way Scientists Never Expected

High pressure in the deep ocean may squeeze nutrients from sinking “marine snow,” feeding deep-sea microbes and altering how carbon moves through the ocean. For decades, scientists have considered the deep ocean a nutrient-poor environment where microbes survive on scarce resources. New research from the University of Southern Denmark (SDU), however, suggests this view may [...]

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