Sentences with phrase «suggest hydrothermal vents»
Rocks found in Greenland in 2007 suggest hydrothermal vents were present 3.8 billion years ago, just before life is thought to have originated.
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These micrometer - scale structures are probably remnants of microorganisms that once lived amidst ancient hydrothermal vents, researchers suggest March 1 in Nature.
Given developing efforts to mine deep - sea hydrothermal vent fields for precious metals, the scientists involved in this research suggest that conservationists and management agencies need to consider a broader range of factors in their efforts to predict the environmental impacts and the resiliency of affected communities.
And other data suggest that this ocean sits on a rocky mantle that could be dotted with hydrothermal vents — potential hotspots for life.
New research suggests that surface - generated eddies help distribute heat, chemistry and life at deep - ocean hydrothermal vents
The study, published in the American Chemical Society's journal Langmuir, suggests that brinicles form in the same way as hydrothermal vents, except in reverse.
Alkaline hydrothermal vents of this type are suggested to be the birthplace of the first living organisms on the ancient Earth.
A new study published April 29 in Science suggests that eddies may have a deeper reach than previously thought, helping to shape some of the most remote ecosystems on Earth — deep - sea hydrothermal vents.
New fossil evidence suggests the first spark of life may have occurred in a hot spring on land rather than a hydrothermal vent in the deep sea.
Suggested Reading: The Octopus's Garden: Hydrothermal Vents and Other Mysteries of the Deep Sea, Cindy Lee Van Dover, 1996, Addison Wesley Press
«To explain these features, we suggest that abyssal hill hydrothermal venting occurs in frequent bursts, possibly triggered by earthquakes,» said Haymon.
But a talk at the AGU Chapman Conference today by palaeoclimatologist Lowell Stott of the University of Southern California suggests a radically different reservoir: pools of liquid carbon dioxide trapped in seafloor hydrothermal vents.