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During diel vertical migration, vast numbers of marine animals rise toward surface waters at night to feed, then descend before daylight, moving carbon into the deep.

The largest commute on Earth

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Why it matters

The idea in context

Zooplankton, fish and other swimmers follow darkness upward and retreat from visual predators at dawn. Seen by sonar, their movement forms a shifting layer once mistaken for the seafloor. This daily commute is ecological infrastructure: bodies eat carbon near the surface and carry some of it downward through respiration, waste and predation.

Türkçe

Aynı kart, başka bir dilde.

Günlük dikey göç sırasında sayısız deniz canlısı gece beslenmek için yüzeye yaklaşır, gün ışığından önce derine iner ve karbonu aşağı taşır.
Dünyanın en büyük işe gidişi

Zooplanktonlar, balıklar ve başka yüzücüler karanlığı izleyerek yükselir, şafakta görerek avlananlardan uzaklaşır. Sonarda hareketleri, bir zamanlar deniz tabanı sanılan kayan bir katman oluşturur. Bu günlük sefer ekolojik altyapıdır: bedenler yüzeyde karbon yer ve bir bölümünü solunum, atık ve avlanma yoluyla derine taşır.

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