World’s most extreme deep-sea vents revealed: Deeper than any seen before, and teeming with new creatures
Posted by ScienceDaily: Oceanography News on 10 January, 2012
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Scientists have revealed details of the world's most extreme deep-sea volcanic vents, five kilometers down in a rift in the Caribbean seafloor. The undersea hot springs, which lie 0.8 kilometers deeper than any seen before, may be hotter than 450 °C and are shooting a jet of mineral-laden water more than a kilometer into the ocean above....