Finding a new, high-temperature, off-axis hydrothermal vent field on the floor of the Pacific Ocean at 2550 meters depth could change scientists’ understanding of the impact that such ocean-floor vent […]
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Hydrothermal Vents That Favor Protein Synthesis
Scientists supported in part by the NASA Astrobiology Program have presented a new perspective on the biochemistry and ecology of hydrothermal vent ecosystems.
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Simulating Early Ocean Vents Shows Life's Building Blocks Form Under Pressure
By mimicking rocky seafloor chimneys in the lab, scientists have produced new evidence that these features could have provided the right ingredients to kick-start life. Where did life first form […]
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Detecting Hydrothermal Vents In Volcanic Lakes
Geothermal manifestations at Earth’s surface can be mapped and characterized by a variety of well-established exploration methods. However, mapping hydrothermal vents in aquatic environments is more challenging as conventional methods […]
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Deep-ocean Vents Fuel Massive Phytoplankton Blooms
Researchers at Stanford University have found an aquatic highway that releases nutrients from within the Earth and ferries them up to surface waters off the coast of Antarctica. There the […]
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Origin of Life's Building Blocks in Carbon and Nitrogen Rich Surface Hydrothermal Vents
There are two dominant and contrasting classes of origin of life scenarios: those predicting that life emerged in submarine hydrothermal systems, where chemical disequilibrium can provide an energy source for […]
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Extremophiles: Untapped Source of Antibacterial Drugs
One of the most mysterious forms of life may turn out to be a rich and untapped source of antibacterial drugs.
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Viruses Hijack Deep-sea Bacteria At Hydrothermal Vents
More than a mile beneath the ocean’s surface, as dark clouds of mineral-rich water billow from seafloor hot springs called hydrothermal vents, unseen armies of viruses and bacteria wage war.
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University of Georgia Researchers to Monitor Deep-sea Plumes
Deep-sea hydrothermal plumes–waters nearly two miles down in the ocean–are home to processes that effect life across the planet. However, high pressure and water temperatures that exceed 300 degrees Celsius […]