Floating Giant Test Tubes Allow Study of Marine Food Web (IMAGE)

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Floating Giant Test Tubes Allow Study of Marine Food Web

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These strange-looking floating objects are really giant plastic test tubes called KOSMOS mesocosms that extend roughly 19 metres deep. Researchers used them to test the response of young herring to ocean acidification.

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Photo: KOSMOS/GEOMAR

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