An expedition to the South Pacific Ocean has revealed an area that contains the clearest ocean waters on the planet, according to researchers who visited the location. Situated near Easter Island, the patch of water is also the most lifeless ocean area in the world, the researchers say.
"Satellite images that track the amount of chlorophyll in ocean waters suggested that this was one of the most life-poor systems on Earth," notes Patrick Raimbault of the University of the Mediterranean (UM).
Raimbault and colleagues traveled from Tahiti to Chile on a three-month voyage and studied the chemistry, physics, and biology of the ocean waters they crossed. Marc Tedetti, also from …
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