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Giant tube worms dwell in the deep places beneath the ocean floor.

Posted on October 18, 2024October 30, 2024 By Andrew Thaler
Giant tube worms dwell in the deep places beneath the ocean floor.
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Giant deep-sea tube worms. When the RV Knorr arrived above Galapagos Rift in 1977, a team of geologists, geochemists, and geophysicist, including Robert Ballard who would go on to locate the wreck of the Titanic among other ocean-shaping discoveries) was prepared to witness something never before seen: a geyser of superheated, chemical rich water erupting … Read More “Giant tube worms dwell in the deep places beneath the ocean floor.” »

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