Posts by Kathryn Baltes
A MINION’s-eye View of Marine Snow
A MINION’s-eye View of Marine Snow from Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst. on Vimeo.
Read MoreRound Up the Unusual Suspects: DNA forensics identifies unknown deep-sea organisms
Annette Govindarajan is a kind of marine detective. She tracks down animals living in different parts of the ocean. For her, the largely unexplored ocean twilight zone—the vast, dimly lit region 650 to 3,280 feet (200 to 1,000 meters) below the surface—still harbors many species yet to be discovered and identified.
Read MoreThe Deep-See Peers into the Depths: A new vehicle illuminates life hidden in the ocean twilight zone
In the ocean’s shadowy depths lies one of the Earth’s last frontiers: the ocean twilight zone. It’s a vast swath of water extending throughout the world’s oceans from 650 to 3,280 feet (200 to 1,000 meters) below the surface, and it abounds with life: small but fierce-looking fish, giant glowing jellies, and microscopic animals that feed marine life higher up the ocean’s food web.
Read MoreGothamist: Meet The Freaky ‘Twilight Zone’ Sea Creatures Eating Our Carbon Emissions
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