The Snowstorm Happening Deep in the Ocean

Added: 2026-05-27

[00:00:00]The deep ocean has its own kind of snowfall, and it never needs winter.

[00:00:03]Marine snow is the steady rain of dead plankton, waste, mucus, and tiny organic particles drifting down from sunlit surface waters. It looks gentle, but it is a major food supply for life in the deep sea. Every white speck in the water column can be energy on the move. The bottom of the ocean partly survives because the upper ocean is always shedding leftovers.