where two tectonic plates meet and create deep-sea hydrothermal vents. These vents are known to host ecosystems that survive in the absence of sunlight, relying on chemosynthetic bacteria that ...

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.

The vent ecosystem has been studied in-depth ... “Our understanding of animal life at deep-sea hydrothermal vents has greatly expanded with this discovery,” Bright said in a statement.

Hydrothermal vents are found along deep sea cracks in the Earth’s crust ... Dr Sabine Gollner was one of the team of scientists who helped to uncover the hidden ecosystem. “We were digging into the ...

Sea mining, or deep-sea mining, has emerged as a hot topic in the global conversation around resource extraction. With the ...

They said the discovery increases the "urgency" of protecting the hydrothermal vent ecosystems from human impact, including deep-sea mining.

WASHINGTON, Oct 17 (Reuters) - A deep-diving ... vent ecosystem extends into the ocean's crust," said marine biologist Sabine Gollner of the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, one ...

Researchers have found a thriving ecosystem of animal life in an ... are seen in a shallow subsurface cavity below deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the Pacific Ocean. ROV SuBastian/Schmidt Ocean ...