More Life There
Even though life is often harsh above the waves, there are a plethora of odd and bizarre marine animals below. “There is more life in the deep of the Antarctic than there is in the reefs of the Australian Barrier Reef in a square yard,” Mark Taylor told LADbible. He was a part of the diving team that was being investigated. There are several solid reasons for this, as it turns out.
More Life There
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Thick Marine Snow
For one thing, the marine snow they saw beneath the Antarctic seas was “thicker than [he] had seen it anyplace else in the world’s oceans.” Dr. Jon Copley of the University of Southampton expresses his thoughts in these lines. But, what is marine snow, exactly? What role does it play on the seafloor?
Thick Marine Snow
