Research boosts search for new mineral deposits
Western Australian hydrothermal and magmatic deposits that formed several hundred kilometres apart more than two and half billion…
Earth’s first life may have been sparked by underwater thermal vents
Before sunlight ever reached the planet, another force may have sparked life—electricity. Deep beneath the ocean floor, ancient…
100x larger hydrogen-rich hydrothermal system found using submersible
Scientists have discovered a massive hydrogen-rich hydrothermal system beneath the western Pacific seafloor. The system was explored using…