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Mighty Microbes of the Deep Ocean | Julie Huber and Schmidt Ocean Institute

Published on December 16, 2016
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MBL microbial oceanographer Julie Huber blogs from Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel R/V Falkor, as she and a multi-institutional team explore deep-ocean volcanic systems in the Western Pacific.

By Julie Huber

For more than three billion years, microorganisms have served as engines of Earth’s biosphere, driving essential biogeochemical cycles that shape planetary habitability. Exploration of the sea over the last 40 years has resulted in astounding discoveries about the extent and diversity of life in the deep ocean, pushing our understanding of the intimate connections between the biosphere and geosphere to the extremes, including the discovery of chemosynthetic ecosystems at hydrothermal vents and active microbes buried in sediments, kilometers beneath the seafloor. In fact, the global ocean comprises Earth’s biggest microbiome, with at least half of the ocean’s microbial biomass occurring beneath the ocean floor. Read more ..

Source: Mighty Microbes of the Deep Ocean – Schmidt Ocean Institute

Photo: Julie Huber processing the latest vent fluid samples in R/V Falkor’s ‘wet lab.’ Credit: Thom Hoffman

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