Video: Exploring hot sea floor 400 degrees Celsius
In the Caribbean seabed expedition, British scientists discovered hydrothermal vents in the deepest place in the world.
The expedition team used the remote control vehicle (ROV) in the Cayman Troug area. They were surprised to see the hydrothermal vents below the depth of nearly 5,000m, the temperature here is 400 degrees Celsius.
During this trip, the team also discovered some wild animals next to hydrothermal vents.
According to Wikipedia, hydrothermal vents are a crack on a planet's surface, creating waters heated by geothermal. Hydrothermal vents are often found near active volcanic areas, where tectonic plates are far apart, ocean depressions and hot spots.
The area around the seabed hydrothermal vents is biologically diverse, this is often home to many complex communities fed by dissolved chemicals in the water there. Some species living around hydrothermal vents are giant tubular worms, two-piece soft bodies, shrimp and sea slugs.
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