The unexpected role of magnetic microbes in deep-sea mining
Polymetallic nodules are potato-sized formations on the ocean floor that are rich in minerals such as nickel, cobalt and manganese. ...
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Unexpected Deep-Sea Discovery Sheds Light on Life in the Twilight Zone
The ocean’s twilight zone is deep, dark, and, according to new research, iron-poor. No sunlight reaches this region, 200 to ...
Nuclear parasites in deep-sea mussels
Most animals live in close relationship with bacteria. Some of them live inside the cells of their hosts, but very ...
Anoxic marine basins are among the best candidates for deep-sea carbon sequestration, scientists say
Anoxic marine basins could be among the most viable places to carry out large-scale carbon sequestration in the deep ocean, ...
Global warming caused widespread ocean anoxia 93 million years ago, study of deep-sea sediments finds
Marine anoxia is characterized by a severe lack of dissolved oxygen in the oceans, which makes them toxic and thus ...
The largest deep-sea coral reef to date is mapped by scientists off the Atlantic coast of the United States.
Scientists have mapped the largest deep-ocean coral reef, stretching hundreds of miles off the US Atlantic coast. Although researchers had ...
Deep-sea sensor reveals corals produce reactive oxygen species
Just like us, corals breathe oxygen and eat organic carbon. And just like us, as a byproduct of energy and ...
