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
Thick Marine Snow
The marine snow they discovered beneath the waves of the Antarctic was, according to one of the researchers, “thicker than [he] has ever seen it anyplace else in the world’s oceans.” In the words of Dr. Jon Copley, a researcher at the University of Southampton. The question therefore arises, what exactly is marine snow? And why is it relevant to the seafloor in the first place?
Thick Marine Snow
