Fascinating read by @ianhall.bsky.social 🌊❄️ The concept of “marine snow” explains so much about deep-ocean ecosystems.
#Worthwatching
#AAS #Atmosphere #Science #Snow #underwatersnow #Marineecosystem #oceanlife #Ocean #marinesnow

any #marinesnow #detritus finds? Any whale falls? Pass the whale carcass if you have it

Marine snow as vectors for microplastic transport: Multiple aggregation cycles account for the settling of buoyant microplastics to deep‐sea sediments Many studies have reported the paradoxical observation of high concentrations of low-density microplastics (plastic particles < 5 mm) in deep-sea sediments despite their buoyancy. The incorporation o....

How does buoyant #marineplastic litter get removed from the ocean surface? Only the smallest #microplastic (< 100 micron) can reach the ocean floor through aggregation with #marinesnow. Read more about this great PhD research from @nanwu1112.bsky.social. @sgrieve.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/lno....

Marine snow as vectors for microplastic transport: Multiple aggregation cycles account for the settling of buoyant microplastics to deep‐sea sediments Many studies have reported the paradoxical observation of high concentrations of low-density microplastics (plastic particles < 5 mm) in deep-sea sediments despite their buoyancy. The incorporation o...

Buoyant #microplastics reach deep ocean sediments through multiple cycles of aggregation and disaggregation. Great #phd output from @nanwu1112.bsky.social #floc #marinesnow #oceanplastic @sgrieve.bsky.social

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Shipping this week...2 more of our #MarineSnow Catchers. These have been fundamental to changing our understanding of the role of plankton in biological carbon storage processes. bit.ly/2QcewZM

Patience! Let the organic matter snow, let it snow, let it snow ❄️ #oceantwilightzone #marinesnow

❄️🌊❄️ How much #marinesnow reaches the seafloor? A recent #WHOI study shows that microbes' diets play a role in how much #carbon is taken up in the ocean.

📲Get a flurry of knowledge on deep-sea #carbonsequestration from @sciam.bsky.social: go.whoi.edu/sa-marinesnow...

Our #MarineSnow Catchers come in a variety of sizes, from 50L to 300L. On recovery these giant water samplers have to settle on deck to allow the undamaged marine snow particles to sink to the bottom chamber for sampling. bit.ly/3SkXLam #carbonpump
📸Simon RONDEAU

Microbial interactions with microplastics: Insights into the plastic carbon cycle in the ocean The fate of microplastics (MPs) in the ocean is mostly driven by (i) photo-oxidation to smaller particles and dissolved constituents, which fuel the d…

🦑 #Marinescience #microplastics

Bacteria & decaying matter from upper ocean fall through water column as #MarineSnow, the food of deep water filter feeders.

New study says Microplastics are changing buoyancy of these particles, interfering with this form of #carbonsequestration

Day 24 of #25DaysOfSquidmas! Gonatus onyx

The females of this species carry their eggs around with them in this billowing gelatinous blob. This squid is serious #MomGoals. Once her little squidlets hatch, she will die and become food for the animals below #MarineSnow