Hydrothermal Vents: A Precious Ocean Mystery

You will see a different world. Life is rich, it is near you. Some strange creatures live in a very deadly environment. Prior to 1997, the world was unknown and lurking in the dark. The only way you can see this world is on an avid submarine, or you will die with fever, stress and extreme toxins. However, under hostile circumstances, life will not only exist but also prosper. That world is on the planet, it is like another world. The strange world is deep sea.

The hydrothermal vent is a crack of the surface of the planet from which geothermal hot water is released. The hydrothermal vents are usually located near the volcanic activity point, which is the region where the tectonic plate is separated by diffusion center, basin, and hot spot. The existence of hydrothermal vents is due to the geological activity of the earth and its surface and the large amount of water in the crust. Typical types of land include hot springs, fumaroles and geysers. On the ocean floor, hydrothermal vents may form a feature known as a black chimney. The area around the ocean hydrothermal vents is biologically more productive than most deep oceans and usually houses a complex community of chemicals dissolved in waste liquid. Chemically synthesized bacteria and archaea form the basis of the food chain and support various organisms including huge tube worms, crickets, limpet, and shrimp.

On the eternal night - the deep sea hydrothermal vent near the Galapagos lift - the life will prosper in the superheated water released to the deep part of the earth. Discovered only in 1977, hydrothermal vent is home to dozens of unknown species so far. In these very deep-sea ecosystems found near the volcanic belt of a submarine, huge red pointed tube worms, ghost fish, strange shrimps that turned their eyes on their backs, and other unique species flourished It is. How is life here? In a process called chemical synthesis, microorganisms at the bottom of the food chain convert chemicals from vents to usable energy. Please see IMAX film hydrothermal vents and seed closeups in the deep sea volcano.

Scientists first discovered hydrothermal vents when they searched for marine expansion swellings near the Galapagos Islands in 1977. To my surprise, scientists have also discovered that the hydrothermal vents are surrounded by many creatures that have never been seen before. These biomes rely on chemical processes resulting from the interaction of sea water with thermal magma associated with underwater volcanoes. The hydrothermal vent is the result of seawater infiltration through the diffusion center or cracks in the oceanic crust near the subduction zone (two structural plates on Earth move away from each other or close to each other). The cold seawater is heated by hot magma and reforms the vent. Seawater at the hydrothermal vent may reach temperatures exceeding 700 ° F.