Oceanography
What Are Hydrothermal Vents?
Hydrothermal vents are places on the seafloor where seawater circulates through hot, chemically reactive ocean crust and returns to the ocean carrying dissolved minerals…
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Oceanography
Mysterious 'life-like' creature discovered at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean
Strange structures surrounding deep-ocean hydrothermal vents may help us explain the origin of life.
Oceanography
Hundreds of hydrothermal nozzles undulating the seabed
The new underwater map reveals towering towers and hydrothermal vents rising from the sea floor in the dark off the Pacific Northwest.
Oceanography
Surprising scientists discovered a new ecosystem at the bottom of the ocean with a depth of 3,800m
The new ecosystem is named Jaich Maa, located at a depth of 3,800m in the Pescadero basin south of the Gulf of California (USA).
Oceanography
Where life begins on earth
Hydrothermal vents and the first chemical reactions on the ocean floor are the cause of the first life on Earth.
Oceanography
Discover vast ecosystems that exist because of methane gas
This area of hydrothermal vents is located deep west of the North Atlantic, far from the solar energy that helps sustain life.
Animal world
Goose bumps with iron-legged animals with iron armor
Looking at this strange animal, one immediately mentions a snail with iron armor and creepy feathers.