Is mining ocean vents economically viable?

Jan 3, 2012 ... We describe the fauna associated with high-temperature hydrothermal vents on the East Scotia Ridge, Southern Ocean, to our knowledge the first to be discovered ... This finding supports the notion that hydrothermal vents were an important site for catalysis of chemical reactions. Conditions at extant hydrothermal vents ... Jun 5, 2019 ... Scientists have discovered a link between seafloor vents and massive phytoplankton blooms on the surface of the Southern Ocean. Apr 28, 2020 ... Magma beneath the seafloor heats water within the surrounding bedrock, which emerges from the seafloor in the form of underwater seeps and ... Dec 12, 2000 ... A new hydrothermal vent field, which scientists have dubbed “The Lost City,” was discovered Dec. 4 on an undersea mountain in the Atlantic Ocean. Jul 5, 2017 ... We investigated the phylogenetic composition of bacteria associated with the gills and oesophageal gland of the ESR peltospirid gastropod, Gigantopelta ... Apr 21, 2023 ... The discovery of the active hydrothermal vents is the first on this section of the world's longest underwater mountain range, the Mid-Atlantic ... Oct 29, 2017 ... This expedition aims to explore the geological, biological and geochemical features of the recently discovered Pescadero Basin hydrothermal vents. Feb 11, 2010 ... CORVALLIS, Ore. - A leading oceanographer who has discovered numerous hydrothermal vents off the coasts of Oregon and Washington will give ... ... hydrothermal plumes at the Kairei and Edmond vent sites, Indian Ocean. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 236 (3-4), 588-596. (doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2005.03 ...