Almost All The Viruses Found in a Vast Deep-Sea Mining Zone Were New to Science
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In the Clarion-Clipperton Zone of the Pacific, scientists discovered 11,742 viruses, 99% of which were previously unknown to science.
RESEARCH in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone has uncovered nearly 12,000 new viruses. The discovery raises questions about the impact of planned deep-sea mining on this unique, unexplored ecosystem.
Almost All The Viruses Found in a Vast Deep-Sea Mining Zone Were New to Science
(sakchai vongsasiripat/Moment RF/Getty Images) Nearly 12,000 new viruses have been hiding on the seafloor.ScienceAlert stories are written, fact-checked, and edited by humans, never generated by AI. Don't miss a story, subscribe here.
In the Pacific Ocean in the Clarion-Clipperton fault zone, scientists have identified 11,742 varieties of viruses, almost 99% of which were previously unknown to science. Explorers
Scientists have discovered an astonishing biodiversity in the depths of the Pacific Ocean: 11,742 different types of viruses, 99 percent of which were previously completely unknown to science. The research, published in the journal Nature Communications, focuses on the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, the world's most famous site of polymetallic nodules — rocks rich in cobalt, nickel, copper and lithium that
A huge region on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, coveted by its metal deposits, hides an almost unknown world. Researchers have identified thousands of viral populations, and over 99% of clusters do not appear in current databases.
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