Who feasts on volcanic fluids? | Small Things Considered
The research explorations of MBL scientist Julie Huber and colleagues is explored in an article by University of California, San Diego student Than S. Kyaw:
... Who is crazy enough to live inside an active hydrothermal vent and thrive on toxic gases? An article published by researchers at the Marine Biological Laboratory addressed this very question by performing detailed molecular analyses on samples from an Axial Seamount eruption.
Read more: Small Things Considered: Who Feasts on Volcanic Fluids?
Video: Axial 2011 - Boca Snowblower Vent at Axial Seamount - Credit: NOAA Earth-Ocean Interactions Program