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Articles in regional publications that pertain to a wide range of North Carolina-related topics.

Life Without Light

Record #:
26236
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Abstract:
Marine geologist Charles Paull discovered a community of organisms in the Gulf of Mexico that survives on chemical energy, not sunlight. The processes associated with the chemosynthetic food chain help explain deep-sea geological processes, and may lead to solutions to chemical pollution.
Source:
Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 6 Issue 1, Fall 1988, p18-20, il, por