How Hydrothermal Vent Ecosystems Thrive Without Sunlight
In short: The discovery of hydrothermal vents in 1977 revealed that life can thrive in the deep ocean without sunlight, powered by chemosynthesis where microbes convert chemical energy from reduced inorganic compounds into biomass.
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Sources used in this film: NASA Astrobiology, “Life in the Extreme: Hydrothermal Vents | News | Astrobiology”; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), “The Discovery of Hydrothermal Vents : A changed "view of life"”; Frontiers Media SA / PMC (PubMed Central), “Sulfur Metabolisms in Epsilon- and Gamma-Proteobacteria in Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Fields”; National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) / PMC, “Microorganisms from deep-sea hydrothermal vents - PMC”; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), “Deep-Sea Vent Locations - Science On a Sphere”; NOAA Ocean Exploration, “Investigation: How Black Smoker Chimneys Form”; NOAA Ocean Service, “What is a hydrothermal vent?”; NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL), “Chemosynthesis”; National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) / MDPI, “A Constructive Way to Think about Different Hydrothermal Environments for the Origins of Life”; NASA, “A Perspective on Life on Enceladus: A World of Possibilities - NASA Science”.
Sources used in this film
- NASA Astrobiology — Life in the Extreme: Hydrothermal Vents | News | Astrobiology · View →
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) — The Discovery of Hydrothermal Vents : A changed "view of life" · View →
- Frontiers Media SA / PMC (PubMed Central) — Sulfur Metabolisms in Epsilon- and Gamma-Proteobacteria in Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Fields · View →
- National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) / PMC — Microorganisms from deep-sea hydrothermal vents - PMC · View →
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) — Deep-Sea Vent Locations - Science On a Sphere · View →
- NOAA Ocean Exploration — Investigation: How Black Smoker Chimneys Form · View →
- NOAA Ocean Service — What is a hydrothermal vent? · View →
- NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) — Chemosynthesis · View →
- National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) / MDPI — A Constructive Way to Think about Different Hydrothermal Environments for the Origins of Life · View →
- NASA — A Perspective on Life on Enceladus: A World of Possibilities - NASA Science · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: NASA Astrobiology: Life in the Extreme: Hydrothermal Vents | News | Astrobiology
- Also: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI): The Discovery of Hydrothermal Vents : A changed "view of life"
- Also: Frontiers Media SA / PMC (PubMed Central): Sulfur Metabolisms in Epsilon- and Gamma-Proteobacteria in Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Fields
- Also: National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) / PMC: Microorganisms from deep-sea hydrothermal vents - PMC
- Also: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): Deep-Sea Vent Locations - Science On a Sphere
- Also: NOAA Ocean Exploration: Investigation: How Black Smoker Chimneys Form
- Also: NOAA Ocean Service: What is a hydrothermal vent?
- Also: NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL): Chemosynthesis
- Also: National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) / MDPI: A Constructive Way to Think about Different Hydrothermal Environments for the Origins of Life
- Also: NASA: A Perspective on Life on Enceladus: A World of Possibilities - NASA Science
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