Hydrothermal vents can be found around the world at the junctions of drifting tectonic plates. But there are many hydrothermal fields still to be discovered. During a 2022 expedition of the MARIA ...

F ive new active hydrothermal vents in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean have been spotted on the seafloor deep at 2,550 meters (8366 feet, or 1.6 miles). These vents are locations from which ...

The shifting of Earth’s tectonic plates gives rise to new hydrothermal vents over time, and foundational seafloor animals such as tube worms have been known to colonize these new vents in the ...

Hydrothermal vents are naturally forming structures found in the ocean. They usually occur on divergent plate boundaries, where tectonic plates are moving apart. The vents expel a fluid that was ...

Hydrothermal vents are underwater hot springs that release mineral-rich water into the ocean. They are located in volcanic regions, often along mid-ocean ridges where tectonic plates separate.

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Until the 1970’s people thought the deepest parts of the ocean were devoid of life- then hydrothermal vents were discovered ...

An unexpected discovery at the bottom of the ocean. Seeking to understand how tubeworms settle in hydrothermal vents, marine biologist Sabine Gollner and her research team at the Royal Netherlands ...

They were discovered when a deep-diving, remotely operated vehicle dug into sections of the crust where two tectonic plates meet and there are hydrothermal vents, which are like hot springs on the ...

A "community" has been uncovered in the depths of the Pacific Ocean. Researchers have found a thriving ecosystem of animal life in an unlikely place: beneath hydrothermal vents under the seafloor ...