It appears that the formation of biofilms is a crucial strategy that microbes use to withstand this harsh environment (Edwards et al. 2005). Hydrothermal vents occur globally at sea-floor ...

As the only woman who has piloted the deep-ocean research submersible Alvin, Van Dover is among the few researchers to have explored hydrothermal vents firsthand. A love of the ocean lured Nicole ...

If there is a harsher place to live than a hydrothermal vent, it hasn't been found yet. Pitch darkness, poison gas, heavy metals, extreme acidity, enormous pressure, water at turns frigid and ...