Final dust settles slowly in the deep sea. ‘Dust clouds’ at the bottom of the deep sea, that will be created by deep-sea mining activities, descend at a short distance […]
Unexpected biodiversity on the ocean floor. Hydrothermal vents and manganese nodule fields in the deep oceans contain more biodiversity than expected. That is shown by the thesis that NIOZ-marine biologist […]
Microbes don’t descend with plastic particles into the deep-sea. Research has shown that microbes on floating plastic particles can be transported over long horizontal distances. New research carried out by […]