East Pacific Rise Hydrothermal Vents

Problem: Potential seabed mining
In Danger: Hydrothermal-vent tube worm, vent crab

Discovered only in the late 1970s, these seafloor vents are known to release sulfides and support an array of underwater life that thrives without the need for photosynthesis

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