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  1. Fields of #worms and snowy microbial mats: #DeepSea submersible discovers flourishing ecosystem nbcnews.com/science/science-ne

    "There were dense beds of #clams, each up to 9 inches long, and snow-like #MicrobialMats creating an ethereal undersea dusting, dozens of feet wide. This is the first time #chemosynthesis-based communities directly observed at extreme depths... Long-standing theories suggest that chemosynthesis-based communities are widespread in hadal trenches, but few have been discovered"