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Hydrothermal vents spew mineral rich water at four hundred degrees
Seafloor fissures vent superheated water that nourishes chemosynthetic ecosystems
Hydrothermal vents form along oceanic spreading ridges where seawater seeps into volcanic crust, heats to over 400 degrees Celsius, and dissolves mineral sulfides. When superheated fluid exits the seafloor, cold ocean water causes minerals to precipitate into tall dark chimneys called black smokers. Entire ecosystems thrive around vents based on chemosynthetic bacteria.
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