The Ocean’s Mysterious “Snow” Could Be Hiding a Powerful Climate Secret
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A new imaging technique reveals how bacteria interact with the microscopic structure of marine snow. A surprising property of the tiny particles sinking through the ocean could help determine how much carbon is stored in the deep sea. Scientists have discovered that the stickiness of marine snow affects how easily bacteria can break it down, [...]
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