Underwater volcanoes: what hides the seabed
Scientists have been researching underwater volcanoes for many years. What it is, the journal Nature Communications told in more detail.
The energy of underwater volcanoes would be enough to provide it with entire continents. Unfortunately, it cannot be used. These volcanoes can also throw ash into the surrounding ocean, forming huge cyclones of hot water called megaploms.
Megaplums are difficult to detect, so there are problems with their study. However, a group of scientists from the University of Leeds (UK), using mathematical modeling, found that underwater lava flows can shape life in the ocean. Moreover, not in a very typical way.
In the depths of the sea, where there is no light and nutrients, extremophilic life is supported by energy and chemicals. The latter are just released at the time of the eruption of underwater volcanoes.
The researchers found that thermophilic microbes live inside the solid oceanic crust. And they owe their appearance there all the same megaplums.
Mathematical methods can help scientists to take a fresh look at the data that has been collected during all kinds of expeditions.
Previously, researchers found that life on Earth could have originated from bubbles. The first molecules in the prehistoric ocean formed into early cellular structures.
