Cold Seep Habitat (IMAGE)

UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Cold Seep Habitat

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Cold seeps, the sites on the ocean floor where the bubbles of the methane gas rise up, are a home for a varied communities of bacteria, bivalves and other associated life forms.

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Photo: NOAA-OER/BOEM/USGS

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