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Kiloyear cycles of carbonate and Mg-silicate replacement at Von Damm hydrothermal vent field

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Tubeworms colonize an active hydrothermal vent at Escanaba Trough

Tubeworms colonize an active hydrothermal vent at Escanaba Trough
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Breccia pipes forming within existing fractures

Journey into the roots of a hydrothermal vent system!

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Deep-ocean hydrothermal vent system from the East Pacific Rise

Deep-ocean hydrothermal vent system from the East Pacific Rise
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Cross section of a hydrothermal vent chimney

Cross section of a hydrothermal vent chimney
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Researcher aboard NOAA's R/V Bell M. Shimada prepares to deploy a conductivity, temperature, and depth (CTD) sensor array

Detecting Hydrothermal Vents and Collecting Environmental DNA: Investigating the Water Column in the Aleutian Arc

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Deep-ocean hydrothermal vent system from the East Pacific Rise

How do the hot springs on the floor of Yellowstone Lake compare to deep seafloor hydrothermal vents?

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Black smoke billows out of a crusty vent on the ocean floor.

Mineral-laden water emerging from a hydrothermal vent
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Carol Reiss examining hydrothermal vent sample using hand lens

USGS geologist Carol Reiss examining hydrothermal vent sample
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Animated gif showing cool water being pumped deep below ground, through cracks, heated by the earth, and pumped to surface.

Hydrothermal Energy Resources (Illustrated GIF)

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USGS scientist Carol Reiss holding a hydrothermal vent sample; hydrothermal vent poster in the background

USGS scientist Carol Reiss holding a hydrothermal vent sample
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Black smoke billows out of a crusty vent on the ocean floor.

WaterWords–Hydrothermal Vent

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Photo of hydrothermal deposits (primarily barite) adjacent to site of active venting

Hydrothermal deposits (primarily barite) adjacent to site of active venting
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Black Dog breccia pipe is the remnant of an inactive hydrothermal vent system fo
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Black smoke billows out of a crusty vent on the ocean floor.

Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge Sediment Cores Shed Light on Past Hydrothermal Activity

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Underwater smokers in Yellowstone?

Underwater Smokers in Yellowstone? (Yellowstone Monthly Update - Feb 2025)
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Editorial: From cold seeps to hydrothermal vents: Geology, chemistry, microbiology, and ecology in marine and coastal environments

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Hydrothermal plume fallout, mass wasting, and volcanic eruptions contribute to sediments at Loki’s Castle vent field, Mohns Ridge

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Photo of tube worms and anemones colonize massive sulfide talus where diffuse hydrothermal venting is occurring

Tube worms and anemones colonize massive sulfide talus where diffuse hydrothermal venting is occurring
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Iron and sulfide nanoparticle formation and transport in nascent hydrothermal vent plumes

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Evidence for early life in Earth’s oldest hydrothermal vent precipitates

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Iron oxyhydroxide-rich hydrothermal deposits at the high-temperature Fåvne vent field, Mohns Ridge

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Hydrothermal vents and methane seeps: Rethinking the sphere of influence

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A ubiquitous thermoacidophilic archaeon from deep-sea hydrothermal vents

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Arsenic speciation in food chains from mid-Atlantic hydrothermal vents

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Temperature variations at diffuse and focused flow hydrothermal vent sites along the northern East Pacific Rise

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Bottom sediments and pore waters near a hydrothermal vent in Lake Baikal (Frolikha Bay)

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Submarine fissure eruptions and hydrothermal vents on the southern Juan de Fuca Ridge: preliminary observations from the submersible Alvin

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S-33 constraints on the seawater sulfate contribution in modern seafloor hydrothermal vent sulfides

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Microbial community structure of hydrothermal deposits from geochemically different vent fields along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

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