The world of the deep-sea vent is one of extremes. Temperatures can swing from near freezing to over 400°C near the vent openings. Pressure here is immense, ...

According to the National Academy of Science the 3 new species use methane, with the help of bacteria, to get energy.

Deep-sea black carbon comes from hydrothermal vents Date: February 10, 2023 Source: Hokkaido University Summary: Hydrothermal vents have been identified as a previously undiscovered source of ...

The vents along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge have attracted interest not only for their scientific significance, but also for commercially valuable minerals that could be extracted via deep-sea mining ...

An eelpout swims by a tower of tubeworms at the Tica Vent, a site on the East Pacific Rise 8,200 feet deep. Experiments testing the theory of species dispersal through cracks in the Earth's crust ...

Three newly-discovered species of deep sea 'spiders' farm methane-eating bacteria on their own bodies in a symbiosis quite ...

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The minerals that are being targeted form a critical part of the sea floor, and the sea floor is what life attaches to in the ...

"The first life probably emerged in deep-sea vents using hydrogen, not sunlight, as the energy source," Greening said. "It's incredible that, 3.7 billion years later, ...

Around the deep-sea vents off the southern coast of Japan, a small, “glass”-like creature was discovered. Getty Images/iStockphoto Off the coast of Japan, thousands of feet below the surface ...