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This provides an immense source of sustenance for animals, similar to how hydrothermal vents create their own ecosystems on the ocean floor.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Some of the animals seen by the scientists also live in hydrothermal vents and cold seeps, suggesting whale carcasses could help connect these deep-sea communities.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Under the proposal, residents would not be allowed to plant anything within a 1-foot “Safety Zone” around the home, including beneath roof overhangs; two feet from windows, vents and doors and five feet from decks.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026

Some vents are powered by heat from volcanic activity deep within Earth, while others form through chemical reactions between water and rock that generate heat without magma.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

And it leaks its fury into the water pools and the mud vats and the noxious vents.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill