
#1661Environmental ScienceFront Page23 December 2025
Life in the Shadows: How Chemosynthesis Powers Marine Caves
Researchers investigated microbial life within marine cave sediments, discovering that biological diversity actually increases deeper inside the cave. The study confirms that chemosynthesis allows these ecosystems to thrive by metabolising inorganic compounds in the absence of sunlight.
By Ricci, Hutchinson, Leung, Nguyen-Dinh, Zeng, Jirapanjawat, Eate, Wong, Cook, Greening