1. Research at the Porcupine Abyssal Plain Sustained Observatory site was supported by the European Union and the Natural Environment Research Council of the United Kingdom.

2. Similar dramatic year-to-year changes were observed at Porcupine Abyssal Plain, where they were linked to changes in both the quantity and type of food reaching the seafloor.

3. According of east abyssal plain of the Okinawa Trough with some volcanic materials, it show strong magnetic characteristics different from other sediment environments.

4. Featuring these conditions, the abyssal plain is an ideal location to store liquefied carbon dioxide.

5. For example, at the Porcupine Abyssal Plain, the amount of organic material sinking from above can vary by almost an order of magnitude from one year to another.

6. The animal population along the abyssal plain is sparse, and the area is large and generally flat.

7. With the amount of storage space needed to contain the world's CO2 emissions, the abyssal plain may be only one locale where we keep our carbon dioxide.

8. It flows down the sea shelf and out into the abyssal plain much like a river on land.