Bubbling Nutrients (IMAGE)

Columbia Climate School

Bubbling Nutrients

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Tiny bubbles of oil and gas rise from mile-deep vents on the seafloor. When they burst at the surface, the oil spreads into patches of rainbow sheen the size of dinner plates. A new study finds microbes near the surface are benefiting from turbulence that accompanies the rising bubbles.

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AJIT SUBRAMANIAM /COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

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