Rocky surfaces offer a hard surface for sessile, or immobile, animals like corals and sponges to cling to. Argentinian scientists and ROV SuBastian pilots observed this seafloor community at 931 m while exploring Argentina’s Mar del Plata Canyon. Image credit ROV SuBastian / Schmidt Ocean Institute.
This week: the launch of a Global Deep Sea Exploration Goals strategy, future marine carbon storage potential, and a new theory of the origin of life!
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