At hydrothermal vents, the energy from the breakdown of hydrogen sulfide, a common compound in vent plumes, drives chemosynthesis, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Yet amazing communities of life exist at hydrothermal vents and the so ... A string of clams winds across a vent. Through chemosynthesis, it turns out. Vent species rely not on photons from ...
In a groundbreaking achievement, a team of Indian scientists from the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) and the NCPOR captured the first image of an active hydrothermal vent located ...