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In a First, Scientists Find Animals Thriving Beneath the Ocean Floor in Hidden Habitats Near Deep-Sea VentsThe discovery of worms and snails confirms that these still-mysterious, dark hotspots of life extend beyond what’s visible ...
A deep sea robot is exploring remote underwater canyons. And the biodiverse sights are astonishing. On a 55-day expedition ...
"It was once believed that only microbes and viruses inhabited the subseafloor crust beneath hydrothermal vents," the study ...
A deep-sea expedition made the surprising discovery of a previously unknown ecosystem in which animals such as giant tube ...
ROV SuBastian / Schmidt Ocean InstituteAn octopus documented during Dive 674, an exploration transect on the southeastern flank of an unexplored and unnamed seamount located within the national ...
Building an underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV) is always a challenge, and making it waterproof is often a major hurdle. [Filip Buława] and [Piotr Domanowski] have spent four years and 14 ...
ROV SuBastian/Schmidt Ocean Institute The discovery was "spectacular," Bright said, adding that there is a large area of unknown space that potentially extends the habitat of those species.
The team used the SuBastian robotic explorer to drill small holes into rocks on the seafloor and lift them up. The ROV’s arm flipped over a small chunk of the volcanic crust, revealing cavities ...
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