hydrothermal vent ecology

Explores the geology of hydrothermal vents, the life around them, and their value as a future resource.

Discusses the formation and discovery of hydrothermal vents and the unusual animals and plants that can be found near them.

Explains the nature and discovery of hydrothermal vents, the animals that live there, and current studies about these underwater environments.

Text and photographs describe the discovery and investigation of openings in the ocean floor where heated water escapes and examines the new life forms and other phenomena that have been found there.

Text and illustrations of a deepwater exploration look at the bottom of the ocean.

Shows how scientists investigate the unusual forms of life living around hydrothermal vents in extremely deep areas of the oceans.