Learn how bacteria inside marine snow may dissolve shell minerals and influence how the ocean stores carbon.

When marine organisms die and sink, billions of tons of organic and inorganic carbon are carried downward each year. The ...

In the ocean, a haze made from tiny bits of dead plants, animals, and microbes hangs in the upper reaches of the water. Each particle is just a fraction of a micrometer across, but together the carbon ...

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 ...