In the global carbon cycle, microorganisms have evolved a variety of methods for fixing carbon. Researchers from Bremen and ...

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Satellite data, in other words, only gives a rough idea of what lies beneath the sea. Only a tiny percentage ... including the discovery of the first hydrothermal vents and their exotic ...

He began this research in 1996, about two decades after scientists discovered hydrothermal vents—cracks in the deep ocean floor ... that of the atmosphere at sea level. (If something were ...

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For the first time, the reality of science fiction movies and ancient scientists’ dreams, such as Leonardo Da Vinci, Plato, Aristotle has taken shape into our real world as well, and the ocean ...

What is the role of dissolved organic matter in the deep sea? In a study relating to this question, researchers have investigated the composition of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in detail. Their ...