Is There Life On The Ocean Floor

Marine life and exploration on the ocean floor.

Is there life on the ocean floor.

Mangroves also arguably live on the ocean floor near the shore. There are several oases on the ocean floor. Stunning underwater plants and sea life on the ocean floor by. While most life on this planet requires sunlight to live there is an.

The main class of underwater flora in the oceans is the seagrasses of which there are 72 species. The most exciting part of this study is that it basically shows that there is no limit to life in the old sediments of earth s oceans steven d hondt co author of the study told the abc. Blythe copeland is a writer editor and blogger who began working with treehugger in 2008. Life on the ocean floor is very sparse making it similar to a vast desert.

Many of these newly discovered species live deep on the ocean floor in unique habitats that depend on plate movement underwater volcanoes and cold water seeps. There was an. Hydrothermal vents cold seeps and whale falls. An underwater survey has found thousands of small round divots scooped out of the soft sediment on the.

Back in 1977 a very interesting discovery was made on the deep ocean floor where no light penetrates. Marine organisms prefer shallow waters where energy from photosynthesis is abundant providing the foundation of the food chain.