A diver’s view looking up to the opening of Amberjack Hole. Image courtesy of Mote Marine Laboratory via NOAA. Exploration of oxygen-depleted marine environments has consistently revealed novel microbial taxa
A diver’s view looking up to the opening of Amberjack Hole. Image courtesy of Mote Marine Laboratory via NOAA. Exploration of oxygen-depleted marine environments has consistently revealed novel microbial taxa
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NASA Science Mission Directorate The NASA Physical Sciences (PS) program is part of the Biological and Physical Sciences Division. This program element will investigate physical phenomena in the absence of
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A schematic diagram of the hycean Lotka-Volterra model we implement in this work. The schematic shows how various parameters in our model are connected in a vertical, one-dimensional water column.
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The volume mixing ratios of key gases in the Hycean and sub-Neptune atmospheres, averaged across 0.1 – 10−5 bar to represent the expected abundances of photochemical products probed by transmission






