A new type of jellyfish has been discovered at deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the Pacific Ocean. A new “black smoker”–an undersea mineral chimney emitting hot springs of iron-darkened water–has been ...

Woods Hole, Mass. (Nov. 1, 2022) - When scientists discovered a hydrothermal vent site in the Arctic Ocean’s Aurora hydrothermal system in 2014, they did not immediately realize just how exciting ...

A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences provides scientists with a powerful new tool for monitoring and predicting tectonic activity deep beneath the seafloor at ...

Our planet is unique for its ability to sustain abundant life. From studies of the rock record, scientists believe life had already emerged on Earth at least 3.5 billion years ago and probably much ...

The biochemist Nick Lane thinks life first evolved in hydrothermal vents where precursors of metabolism appeared before genetic information. His ideas could lead us to think differently about aging ...

Deep-Sea Vents and the Mystery of Life’s Origins - our report in category News in DiveInside - the fresh online magazine of Taucher.Net ...

For the first time, scientists observed tubeworms and other complex ocean creatures dwelling beneath hydrothermal vents. By Robin George Andrews Off the western shores of Central and South America, ...

Far below the ice and storms of the high north, scientists have pinpointed the deepest known Arctic vent system and found it bursting with organisms that should not, by any intuitive measure, be able ...

The human-occupied vehicle Alvin, during a dive on the East Pacific Rise, collected samples and recovered instruments placed at the vents during previous expeditions. Woods Hole, Mass (October 13, ...

New research shows that a remote place on Earth has submarine activity akin to that on Saturn's icy moon Enceladus. The finding offers a new opportunity that can help scientists prepare for future ...

University of Alberta provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. University of Alberta provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. Our planet is unique for its ability ...