Almost All The Viruses Found in a Vast Deep-Sea Mining Zone Were New to Science⁠

By Science Alert October 2, 2026 #DeepSea, #Mining, #Nature, #Science, #Vast, #viruses, #Zone

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Almost All The Viruses Found in a Vast Deep-Sea Mining Zone Were New to Science⁠ Nearly 12,000 new viruses have been hiding on the seafloor.

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Almost All The Viruses Found in a Vast Deep-Sea Mining Zone Were New to Science⁠

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