More Life There
Even while life above the waters is sometimes unpleasant, there are a plethora of weird and exotic marine animals underneath it all. “Within a square yard, there is more life in the depths of the Antarctic than there is on the reefs of Australia’s Barrier Reef,” Mark Taylor told LADbible. He was a member of the aforementioned diving team. There are many plausible explanations for this.
Thick Marine Snow
The marine snow they saw under the Antarctic seas was “thicker than [he’s] seen anyplace else in the world’s oceans.” These are Dr. Jon Copley’s comments from the University of Southampton. But, precisely, what is marine snow? And why is it significant for the seafloor?