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A cnidarian is attached to a dead sponge stalk on a manganese nodule in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. Diva Amon and Craig Smith, University of Hawaii at Mānoa Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it ...

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Discover how Prof William Garvik is uncovering life-saving medicines from the depths of the ocean. Marine organisms could ...