Thousands of hydrothermal vents — chimney-like structures spewing hot water clouds of minerals and nutrients — dot the ocean floor, buzzing with marine life of various kinds.
At one such undersea hot spring in the southwest Indian Ocean, a team of marine biologists have discovered unique marine life, including six species new to science, according to a new study published in Scientific Reports.
In 2011, the team, led by Dr Jon Copley of the University of Southampton in the U.K., sent a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to undersea vents 2.8 kilometers (~1.7 miles) deep at a place called Longqi or ‘Dragon’s Breath’, 1,243 miles southeast of Madagascar.-read more
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