Understanding where and in what quantities essential elements for life have existed on Earth's surface helps explain the ...

Tourists and officials were startled by a hydrothermal explosion at Black Diamond Pool in July 2024. Geoscientists are working out how and why it occurred to better understand these hazardous events.

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

Deep below the surface of the ocean, bacteria and critters that feed off nutrients spouting from hydrothermal vents met with ...

Collecting gas-tight fluid samples from deep-sea hydrothermal vents is challenging due to the high pressure, temperature, and corrosiveness of hydrothermal fluids. The most critical part of a ...

Researchers have uncovered a "lost city" in the Atlantic Ocean that could unlock the secrets of life's emergence on our ...

The towering spires of carbonate rock found in the field were formed by a geological reaction known as serpentinization, ...

This vast field of mineral towers, called the Lost City, is the oldest known hydrothermal system in the ocean. Scientists ...

Earth has not always been so hospitable to live. During several ice ages, the planet's surface was almost completely frozen over, creating what has been dubbed "Snowball Earth". Liquid water appears ...

“Sea spiders at hydrothermal vents and methane seeps are understudied,” Goffredi and her colleagues explained in the new study, which was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of ...

Her journey in oceanography began in the early 1970s, a time when France was just starting to explore deep-sea environments. It was also the era when hydrothermal vents were first discovered.