Earthquakes Deep Below Antarctic Waters Seem to Have Surprising Effects on Life at the Surface Shaking caused by quakes may cause ocean floor vents to release more nutrients, triggering blooms in plant-like organisms called phytoplankton in the Southern Ocean

Earthquakes Deep Below Antarctic Waters Seem to Have Surprising Effects on Life at the Surface: Shaking caused by quakes may cause ocean floor vents to release more nutrients, triggering blooms in plant-like… @SmithsonianMag #Earthquakes #AntarcticWaters #Phytoplankton #OceanLife #MarineEcosystem