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
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Deep-sea Microbes Get Unexpected Energy Boost

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