Stefani Martinez studies how microbes consume methane with NSF

Deep in the ocean, a community of creatures, including tube worms and mussels, relies on methane for energy. Too far from the sun to directly benefit from photosynthesis, these animals inhabit methane seeps, which are areas where methane bubbles from rocks into ocean water. “We’re comparing methane seeps on the continental margins of Southern California […]

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