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Hidden bacteria in marine snow may be dissolving ocean shells — and disrupting carbon storage
Learn how bacteria inside marine snow may dissolve shell minerals and influence how the ocean stores carbon.
Bacteria hitchhiking on marine snow can dissolve its calcium carbonate ballast, slowing the particles’ descent.
In some parts of the deep ocean, it can look like it's snowing. This "marine snow" is the dust and detritus that organisms slough off as they die and decompose. Marine snow can fall several kilometers ...
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