New possibilities for life at the bottom of Earth’s ocean, and perhaps in oceans on other planets

#EarthOceanBottom; #UnderwaterFissures; #HydrothermalVents; #Biochemistry; #Ecology

In the strange, dark world of the ocean floor, underwater fissures, called hydrothermal vents, host complex communities of life. These vents belch scorching hot fluids into extremely cold seawater, creating the chemical forces necessary for the small organisms that inhabit this extreme environment to live, https://phys.org/news reports said.

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Asha Bajaj

I write on national and international Health, Politics, Business, Education, Environment, Biodiversity, Science, First Nations, Humanitarian, gender, women