Results for "Environmental Science"

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