“Irrigating” The Oceans

The open ocean—strangely enough—is the marine equivalent of a “desert.” While these deserts are in fact comprised of water, they share the same relative lack of biodiversity and low level of primary productivity. Such oceanic environments, of course, contain far more organisms than deserts do—but given the spectrum of marine environments that exist, the open ocean can be considered a “desert.” What causes the relative lack of organisms in the open ocean then? <a href="https://medium.com/@NathanHLG/irrigating-the-oceans-62903e8ac01e">Read More</a>