Learn how bacteria inside marine snow may dissolve shell minerals and influence how the ocean stores carbon.

In some parts of the deep ocean, it can look like it's snowing. This "marine snow" is the dust and detritus that organisms ...

When marine organisms die and sink, billions of tons of organic and inorganic carbon are carried downward each year. The ...

Bacteria hitchhiking on marine snow can dissolve its calcium carbonate ballast, slowing the particles’ descent.

High pressure in the deep ocean may squeeze nutrients from sinking “marine snow,” feeding deep-sea microbes and altering how ...

For many years, the deep ocean has been seen as a nutrient-poor environment where microbes living in the water survive on very limited resources. But new research from the University of Southern ...

Snowflake size affects how much snow stays on roofs, helping explain why some storms create heavier and more dangerous snow ...

No two snowflakes may be the same, but models that fail to take these variations into consideration often fall short when ...