A new bacterial species discovered at the deep-sea hydrothermal vent site ‘Crab Spa’ provides a deeper understanding of bacterial evolution. Deep-sea hydrothermal vents are hot springs on the ocean ...
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The geothermally heated water that gushes forth from hydrothermal vents on the sea floor presents an ecological challenge. There’s energy locked in the chemical bonds in the hydrogen sulfide with ...
Scientists on an expedition near the Galápagos Islands followed a trail of crabs on the ocean floor. The crabs led them to a field of hydrothermal vents, or deep-sea hot springs. The vent field was ...
[googlemap lat=”-37.5″ lng=”-110.5″ width=”500px” height=”300px” zoom=”3″ type=”G_HYBRID_MAP”]Pacific-Antarctic Ridge[/googlemap] Vent crabs ...
The deep-sea hydrothermal vent site known as 'Crab Spa' on the East Pacific Rise (Photo courtesy of Stefan Sievert, WHOI/NSF/HOV Alvin, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution). Credit: Woods Hole ...