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Got this from the "better source" link. So its 75F in a cave under the vent I guess >Using an underwater robot, the science team overturned chunks of volcanic
by chucksta 3y ago
Got this from the "better source" link. So its 75F in a cave under the vent I guess
>Using an underwater robot, the science team overturned chunks of volcanic crust, discovering cave systems teeming with worms, snails, and chemosynthetic bacteria living in 75 degrees Fahrenheit (25 degrees Celsius) water.
- tifik 3y agoI still dont see why this would be a surprising find in any way. That teperature seems very pleasant and conductive for life. Maybe the extend of the ecosystem is what is shocking? Why point out a relatively normal temperature then though?
- JumpCrisscross 3y agoFinding life in those conditions isn't as surprising as finding those conditions in the first place, together with a reproductive cycle that seemingly involves traveling through vent fluids?
- dragonwriter 3y ago> That teperature seems very pleasant and conductive for life. The article is somewhat confusing but I think the surprising thing is that the ecosystem includes species that are known to be extremophiles that are part of vent ecosystems that have very different conditions than the newly-discovered below-the-vents ecosystems, and which it was previously unknown how they arrived at new vents, almost immediately when the vents form.