Three newly-discovered species of deep sea 'spiders' farm methane-eating bacteria on their own bodies in a symbiosis quite unlike anything seen before. Unlike animals like ourselves, who are fed by a ...
Heat-trapping methane may be best known for the dangers it poses to humans and Earth’s atmosphere, but in the dark depths of the ocean, the greenhouse gas is a nourishing meal for some of the world’s ...
You never know what you might find on a deep-sea dive. Crushing pressures can yield big discoveries, or in some cases, very small. Bianca Dal Bó is a recent graduate from LA’s Occidental College, and ...
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Sea Spiders Are Grazing on Methane—They’re Changing What We Know About the Ocean’s Depths
Scientists have unveiled three previously unknown species of deep-sea sea spiders that use an unusual source of nutrition: methane. This research, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy ...
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First-Known Species Of "Methane-Powered" Sea Spiders Have Been Discovered In The Deep Sea
Living without sunlight ain’t easy, but newly discovered sea spiders off the US coast have evolved a remarkable survival strategy on the deep seafloor. In a world where photosynthesis isn’t an option, ...
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Humans Don’t Eat 8 Spiders Per Year in Their Sleep — Here’s How We’d Know If We Did
Do you really eat spiders in your sleep? Thankfully, no. Researchers explain why and how we’d know if we were swallowing ...
Heat-trapping methane may be best known for the dangers it poses to humans and Earth’s atmosphere, but in the dark depths of the ocean, the greenhouse gas is a nourishing meal for some of the world’s ...
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