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The miracle of marine snow

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Exploring our Oceans

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Marine snow is the organic debris that floats slowly from the surface, down into the ocean's deepest depths. It looks tiny and unimportant, but without it we wouldn't have any life in the deep sea at all.

What happens to marine snow that is not consumed by ocean life?

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