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I just recently read the Brilliant Abyss[0] and it was a really interesting look at the deep ocean and the complexity of life down there. If this kind of thing interests you at all, I highly recommend it. I didn’t know much going in, but found it fascinating. [0]: https://helenscales.com/portfolio/the-sea-beneath-us/
I just recently read the Brilliant Abyss[0] and it was a really interesting look at the deep ocean and the complexity of life down there. If this kind of thing interests you at all, I highly recommend it. I didn’t know much going in, but found it fascinating. [0]: https://helenscales.com/portfolio/the-sea-beneath-us/
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Water is incompressible, so I think it should behave similarly. Even viscosity remains within a few precent [1] (Mariana Trench is around 100 MPa) [1] https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/absolute-dynamic-viscosit...
Interesting. Thanks! Upon doing some searching it seems that the water at the bottom of the Mariana Trench is just 5% more dense. I didn't realize that water was that resistant to being compressed.
If you ever wondered how they survive the pressure, from wikipedia: TMAO (Trimethylamine N-oxide) is found in the tissues of marine crustaceans and marine fish, where it prevents water pressure from distorting proteins and thus killing the animal. The concentration of TMAO increases with the depth at which the animal lives; TMAO is found in high concentrations in the deepest-living described fish species, Pseudolipar…
An interesting case of evolution. In theory the first populations to become fixed for an allele or allelic combination that results in even a small increase in TMAO would be able to access previously untouched feeding grounds and flourish for some time.