Because microorganisms preferentially break down water-soluble organic molecules, it is important to understand how hydrothermal processes mobilize DOM, for example, those from natural oil seeps. To ...

Because microorganisms preferentially break down water-soluble organic molecules, it is important to understand how hydrothermal processes mobilize DOM, for example, those from natural oil seeps.

The descent of the Cocos Plate beneath the Caribbean Plate at the Middle America Trench fuels the emergence of deep-sea methane seeps ... In the depths of the ocean, where sunlight is scarce ...