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This energy source is also used by some organisms as a signal to adapt to the environment and orientate themselves, and there are even bacteria that use light to grow and survive.
We interviewed researcher Carolina Gabarró to find out how the study of the oceans from space has progressed in recent years and her contribution to the MOSAiC expedition, the most important polar campaign to date.
Marine snow is formed by organisms that live near the ocean's surface and are not consumed by their predators when they die.
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