Beyond the abyss: Deep sea creatures build their homes from materials that sink from near the ocean surface

Thursday, February 11, 2010 - 11:14 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Evidence from the Challenger Deep -- the deepest surveyed point in the world's oceans -- suggests that tiny single-celled creatures called foraminifera living at extreme depths of more than ten kilometers build their homes using material that sinks down from near the ocean surface.

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