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What Are Hydrothermal Vents?
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…

September 11, 2026