Tag: nutrients
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How Nutrients May Reach Europa’s Hidden Ocean Through Its Extending Ice Shell
Intro: A New Route for Nutrient Transfer on Europa Researchers from Washington State University and Virginia Tech have proposed a plausible mechanism by which nutrients could move from the radiation-burnished surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa into its long-hidden subsurface ocean. The finding adds a critical piece to the puzzle of Europa’s habitability, offering a testable…
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Nutrients Penetrate Europa’s Ice Shell to Feed Ocean
New Pathways to Europa’s Hidden Ocean In a recent breakthrough, geophysicists from Washington State University and Virginia Tech propose a plausible mechanism by which nutrients could move from the constantly bombarded surface of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa into its hidden subsurface ocean. The idea centers on how radiation-energized surface materials might be transported through the…

