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Bookmark or Share- The Importance of Hydrothermal Vents - Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionHydrothermal vents act as natural plumbing systems that transport heat and chemicals from the interior of the Earth and that help regulate global ocean chemistry. In the process, they accumulate vast amounts of potentially valuable minerals on the seafloor. The mammoth copper mines of Cyprus, for example, were formed by hydrothermal activity ...
- Hydrothermal Vents - Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionHydrothermal vents act as natural plumbing systems that transport heat and chemicals from the interior of the Earth and help regulate global ocean chemistry. In the process, they accumulate vast amounts of potentially valuable minerals on the seafloor. So far, the difficulty of mining in deep water near fragile ecosystems and the relatively ...
- Hydrothermal Vents – Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionPage 1 of 2 1 2 ». Just over 20 years ago, scientists exploring the mid-ocean ridge system first made the spectacular discovery of black smokers—hydrothermal chimneys made of metal sulfide minerals that vigorously discharge hot, dark, particulate-laden fluids into the ocean.
- Life at Vents & Seeps - Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionHydrothermal vents and cold seeps are places where chemical-rich fluids emanate from the seafloor, often providing the energy to sustain lush communities of life in some very harsh environments. Cold seeps and hydrothermal vents differ from one another in the underlying conditions that form and drive them.
- The Discovery of Hydrothermal Vents : 1977 - Astounding DiscoveriesThe first hydrothermal vent had been discovered. “But even more interesting was the presence of a dense biological community living in and around the hydrothermal vents,” Ballard wrote in Oceanus. White clams—up 30 centimeters (1 foot) long—clustered in an area about 50 meters (165 feet) across.
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