teeming

Environment

Ocean eddies pour extreme heat and cold into the deep ocean, teeming with life.

The mesopelagic twilight zone is rich in life. Clockwise from the top: mesopelagic jellyfish, pit vipers, lanternfish, larvae, copepods, and squid. Credit: Wikimedia/Drazen et al. CC BY-NC-ND On land, heat waves and cold waves are well known. However, the deep ocean also experiences long periods of high and low temperatures. Marine heat waves and cold waves can seriously damage marine…