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Microbes in underground aquifers beneath deep-sea Mid-Atlantic Ridge 'chow down' on carbon
![Illustration of water flow through an aquifer and inset of enlarged view of microbes on the aquifer.](/news/mmg/media/images/undersea microbes_f.png)
Microbes in a sub-seafloor aquifer feast on carbon in fluids flowing through the permeable rock.
Credit: National Science Foundation
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![Illustration of sea floor, Earth's crust, water, and research vessel submerging equipment into water.](/news/mmg/media/images/JPEG I_f.jpg)
Water from the sea floor "migrates" into Earth's crust and flows through the horizontal aquifer.
Credit: Harvard University
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![A watertight well used to access fluids under the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.](/news/mmg/media/images/ROV JASON and CORK pic 1_f.jpg)
A watertight well allows access to pristine fluids in the aquifer under the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
Credit: WHOI
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![The remotely operated vehicle Jason being lowered into the water from the research vessel.](/news/mmg/media/images/jpeg 3_6b48aebd-2cfd-4fcb-947b-6a0ed44f90a7_f.jpg)
The remotely operated vehicle Jason obtained water samples from the sub-seafloor aquifer.
Credit: Bigelow Laboratory
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![Photo of the watertight seafloor well that's used to access the deep subsurface aquifer.](/news/mmg/media/images/JEPG 4_f.jpg)
Up-close view of the watertight seafloor well that's used to access the deep subsurface aquifer.
Credit: WHOI
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![Aerial illustration of the western flank of the undersea Mid-Atlantic Ridge.](/news/mmg/media/images/North Pond MBL_f.jpg)
North Pond is a sediment-filled depression on the western flank of the undersea Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
Credit: MBL
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