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26 April, 2019
Source: Deutsche Well
Researchers recently explored hydrothermal vents in the Gulf of California, up to 4,000 meters deep. DW spoke with marine biologist Greg Rouse about what kind of creatures live down there and how they manage to survive.
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4 April, 2019
Source: ScienceAlert
Author: Mike McRae
It could be a landscape on an alien world. Strange optical effects and dazzling mineral formations bloom on the edge of water so hot it would be steam if not for the pressure of all that deep ocean above it.
Continue reading Stunning ‘Mirror Pools’ Discovered on The Edge of Boiling Deep Sea Vents
7 January, 2019
Source: BBC
Author: Martha Henriques
Off the coast of Okinawa, a slim stretch of land among Japan’s southern Ryuku islands, thousands of metres below the surface, there are the remains of extinct hydrothermal vent systems scattered about the ocean floor.
2 November, 2018
Source: Phys.Org
Author: Priyanka Runwal
Almost 4,000 meters below the sea surface, in the southern Pescadero Basin, jagged ivory towers rise from the seafloor and emit hot shimmering fluid. They are the deepest known hydrothermal vents in the Gulf of California.
These deep-sea chimneys were discovered by MBARI scientists in 2015. The researchers call them the Auka vents. What’s intriguing is that these vents spew chemicals and host animals that are very different from those seen at Alarcón Rise, which is just 100 miles away.
Continue reading Researchers help map and scout for hydrothermal vents in Gulf of California
28 September, 2018
Source: Bloomburg BNA
Author: Adam Ellington and Stephan Lee
Once thought too expensive and too difficult, commercial scale mining of the deep sea is poised to become a reality as early as 2019. But scientists warn reaching rare minerals on and under the sea floor could cause irreversible damage to an environment that is still poorly understood.
Continue reading Deep-Sea Mining for Rare-Earth Metals Looms, as Do Environmental Questions
18 September, 2018
A deep-sea expedition to the Lost City hydrothermal field begins in September 2018. The Lost City is a beautiful seafloor formation whose unique scientific and cultural value has brought it under consideration for special protection by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and International Union for Conservation of Nature. The Lost City is also featured in many studies on the origin of life and the search for life in the solar system. This will be the first US expedition dedicated to the Lost City since the 2003-2005 expeditions.
10 July, 2018
Source: Duke University
Contact: Tim Lucas (919) 613-8084 tdlucas@duke.edu
DURHAM, N.C. – An international team of researchers has developed a comprehensive set of criteria to help the International Seabed Authority (ISA) protect local biodiversity from deep-sea mining activities. These guidelines should help identify areas of particular environmental importance where no mining should occur.
Continue reading A Strategy for making ‘No-Mining Zones’- in the Deep Sea
20 June, 2018
Source: BBC
Professor Rachel Mills is a marine geochemist who studies the sea floor and hydrothermal vents, where water erupts from the earth’s crust at 360 degrees.