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Researchers from Columbia University have discovered how bubbles formed by naturally-occurring oil seeps in the Gulf of Mexico attract large volumes of microorganisms known as phytoplankton. They believe this is because of the amount of nutrients from the ocean floor that the bubbles bring with them to the surface.
(Photo : Ajit Subramaniam | Columbia University)

Oil seeps create thriving micro-ecosystem

January 26, 2016

Natural hydrocarbon seeps are providing the nutrients for vast microbial communities to thrive in the Gulf of Mexico.

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