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Deciphering the ancient mysteries of ‘marine snow’

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Cosmos

Publication Date
2019-03-05

Ocean-warming over the past century may be impacting one of the largest but least understood components in the global carbon cycle: massive deep-sea deposits of "marine snow". The term is used to describe organic matter and detritus falling to the ocean floor. The material functions as Earth’s largest carbon sink and is the main mechanism of carbon dioxide removal from the oceans and atmosphere.

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https://cosmosmagazine.com/geoscience/deciphering-the-ancient-mysteries-of-marine-snow