A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences provides scientists with a powerful new tool for ...

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 S.

Although bubbles on the ocean floor usually indicate hydrothermal vents teeming with life, this spring stands apart.

The floor of the ocean off the coast of the Pacific Northwest has sprung a leak called Pythia's Oasis. Here's what that means ...

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Newly discovered hydrothermal vents at a depth of 8366 feet below the ocean surface are emitting fluids exceeding 300°C. Sentry and Alvin collaborated on the discovery, greatly expediting the research ...

A team of researchers including Ross Parnell-Turner, a geophysicist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, discovered a hydrothermal field, named YBW-Sentry, near to where the ...

Scientists have been finding life in hydrothermal vents for years, but researchers led by the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology recently examined a new bacteria species that have been ...

Close-up images showing the discovery: the top-right and bottom-left images show close-up views of the site hosting chemosynthetic tubeworms (T) and shrimp (S) containing chemosynthetic bacteria. The ...

These vents are located off Mexico's western coast. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Scientists sent underwater robots into the ...

A team of international scientists on board the RV Falkor (too), a research vessel operated by the Schmidt Ocean Institute, recently discovered active hydrothermal vents on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

Tubeworm larvae, sea snails, and marine worms were uncovered living in tiny caves underneath the ocean floor, revealing life is interconnected below and above it. An eelpout swims by a tower of ...