Amazing Water Column
Video courtesy of NOAA Ocean Exploration, Windows to the Deep 2021.
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During Dive 03 of Windows to the Deep 2021, we explored the water column on the eastern edge of the Blake Plateau. The water column is the largest biome, or livable space, on Earth. The organisms that live in the water column are vital to life on our planet. They play an important role in the carbon cycle, moving carbon from shallow water to deep water and the ocean floor and serve as a food source for other marine life.