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Scientists make surprise discovery of life in the seafloor’s underworld https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/16/science/life-below-seafloor-hydrothermal-vents/index.html

Animal life in the shallow subseafloor crust at #DeepSea #HydrothermalVents: Monika Bright et al. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-52631-9

"the vents belch out elements that help #bacteria, #mussels, #TubeWorms survive... researchers exposed parts of the #subseafloor and uncovered a surprise: #caves connected to the vents teeming with giant tube #worms, some reaching up to 0.5 meter long, and other #animals"

Scientists make surprise discovery of life in the seafloor’s ‘underworld’

A deep-sea expedition made the surprising discovery of a previously unknown ecosystem in which animals such as giant tube worms thrive beneath hydrothermal vents.

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