A Spectacular Dive At Southern Hydrate Ridge https://interactiveoceans.washington.edu/09/2023/leg-2-ends-with-a-spectacular-dive-at-southern-hydrate-ridge/ #DeepSea

"#SouthernHydrateRidge is a highly dynamic environment with multiple sites where #methane gas bubbles are issuing from the seafloor, derived from #MethaneHydrate in the subsurface... free methane gas issues from the #seafloor as bubble plumes... Here, the CH4 is oxidized by #microbes, creating a highly biologically productive environment as evidenced by swarms of #krill and larger #fish"