Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents: New World Under the Ocean
Overview
In 1977, scientists began to search for deep-sea hydrothermal vents, 2,500 to 2,600 meters (8,000 to 8,500 feet) below the sea, using su...
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Geothermal Deep-Ocean Vents
Geothermal deep-ocean vents are undersea hot springs that occur in clusters along the mid-ocean ridges. Nutrients and energy supplied by vents support communities of deep-s...
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Hydrothermal Vents
A hydrothermal vent is a geyser that is located on the floor of the sea. The first such vent was discovered in 1977 on the floor of the Pacific Ocean. Since then, vents have been di...
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Hydrothermal Vents (Deep Sea)
Fascinating marine creatures exist in some of the ocean's deepest waters where no light reaches. They survive because they cluster around hydrothermal vents--milky-blue p...
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Hydrothermal Vents
Hydrothermal vents are hot springs located on the ocean floor. The vents spew out water heated by magma, molten rock from below the earth's crust. Water temperatures of hig...
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Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents: New World Under the Ocean
Geothermal Deep-Ocean Vents
Hydrothermal Vents
Hydrothermal Vents (Deep Sea)
Hydrothermal Vents