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The Mysteries of the Deep Sea
02:42 - 06:37 (03:55)
This podcast discusses how little we actually know about the deep sea and how the creatures that live there are crucial to our planet's ecosystem. It also explains why the trenches are so deep in some places.
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The deep sea animals are significant in the irrigation of the planet by eating, recycling, burying, incorporating it into the food chain and sediments.
02:42 - 04:17 (01:35)
Deep Sea
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The deep sea animals are significant in the irrigation of the planet by eating, recycling, burying, incorporating it into the food chain and sediments. The quote that we know more about the surface of the moon than the deep sea dates back to before the Apollo missions and when little was known about both moon and deep sea.
ChapterThe Mysteries of the Deep Sea
EpisodeMeet the mysterious "monsters" of the deep sea | Alan Jamieson
PodcastTED Talks Daily
Trenches at the deepest points of the ocean play a role in disposing carbon by sinking it into the mud.
04:17 - 06:37 (02:20)
Oceanography
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Trenches at the deepest points of the ocean play a role in disposing carbon by sinking it into the mud. The cold, icy water is a result of the depth, which is caused by tectonic plates hitting each other.