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Meet The Freaky ‘Twilight Zone’ Sea Creatures Eating Our Carbon Emissions

February 8, 2019

By David Levin | February 8, 2019

Scientists have launched a new project to explore the effects of climate change by looking at a little known part of the ocean.

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