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Intense hydrostatic pressure at ocean depths of 2–6 kilometers causes sinking "marine snow" particles to leak substantial amounts of dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen, effectively feeding deep-sea #microbes
#MarineBiogeochemistry #Microbiology #MarineBiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/02/mcb02092601.html

New discovery overturns long held assumptions that the deep ocean is a “nutrient desert”, reshapes our understanding of the ocean’s carbon cycle

Elevated nutrient runoff, #freshwater discharges, and harmful #algal blooms are accelerating coastal acidification in Florida's Indian River Lagoon, resulting in critically low levels of #aragonite saturation necessary for shell-building organisms to survive.
#MarineBiology #Ecology #MarineBiogeochemistry #EstuarineEcology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/02/mb02032601.html

Florida’s Indian River Lagoon is facing growing environmental stress from nutrient runoff