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For microscopic organisms, ocean currents act as 'expressway' to deeper depths, study finds - EurekAlert


Some of the ocean’s tiniest organisms get swept into underwater currents that act as a conduit that shuttles them from the sunny surface to deeper, darker depths where they play a huge role in affecting the ocean’s chemistry and ecosystem, according to new research.

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