Pressure driven leakage from marine snow feeds deep ocean microbes

Paris, France (SPX) Feb 10, 2026

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 10, 2026
For many years, scientists viewed the deep ocean as a nutrient poor realm where microbes in the water column scraped by on scarce resources. New research from the University of Southern Denmark now shows that these dark waters receive a significant and previously overlooked energy subsidy from sinking organic particles.

The study, led by biologists at