Scientists discovered impressive abundance and diversity among the creatures living on the seafloor in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone -- an area in the equatorial Pacific Ocean being targeted for deep-sea mining. The study found that more than half of the species they collected were new to science, reiterating how little is known about life on the seafloor in this region.
from Oceanography News -- ScienceDaily http://ift.tt/2afLkI4
via IFTTT
No comments:
Post a Comment