hydrothermal vent
noun
: a fissure in the ocean floor especially at or near a mid-ocean ridge from which mineral-rich superheated water issues
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web These species include the Osedax fenrisi, first found near a hydrothermal vent in the Arctic. 
Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 29 Aug. 2022 Another hydrothermal vent snail, this Alviniconcha snail was found at the Suiyo Seamount of the Tokyo Hydrothermal Vent. Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 17 Aug. 2022 Corliss suspected that a volcano, what marine scientists call a hydrothermal vent, was erupting on the deep seafloor in the area. James Nestor, Scientific American, 12 Feb. 2018 Think of it as a hydrothermal vent’s acoustical calling card. Sabrina Imbler, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2020 For instance, the trial floats discovered massive phytoplankton blooms in the Southern Ocean, far from typical nutrient sources like melting sea ice, suggesting a seafloor hydrothermal vent was providing the nutrients. Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS, 29 Oct. 2020 Elsewhere, researchers have found DNA evidence of cable bacteria in deep, oxygen-poor ocean basins, hydrothermal vent areas, and cold seeps, as well as mangrove and tidal flats in both temperate and subtropical regions. Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 19 Aug. 2020 One of those organisms, Methanothermococcus okinawensis, found in hydrothermal vents in the East China Sea could take whatever conditions the researchers dished out, suggesting that a similar creature could possibly survive in Enceladus’ oceans. Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 1 Mar. 2018 One of those, an enzyme called Taq polymerase, was originally sourced from bacteria deep in the ocean’s hydrothermal vents. Rukmini Callimachi, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2020 See More
Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 29 Aug. 2022 Another hydrothermal vent snail, this Alviniconcha snail was found at the Suiyo Seamount of the Tokyo Hydrothermal Vent. Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 17 Aug. 2022 Corliss suspected that a volcano, what marine scientists call a hydrothermal vent, was erupting on the deep seafloor in the area. James Nestor, Scientific American, 12 Feb. 2018 Think of it as a hydrothermal vent’s acoustical calling card. Sabrina Imbler, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2020 For instance, the trial floats discovered massive phytoplankton blooms in the Southern Ocean, far from typical nutrient sources like melting sea ice, suggesting a seafloor hydrothermal vent was providing the nutrients. Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS, 29 Oct. 2020 Elsewhere, researchers have found DNA evidence of cable bacteria in deep, oxygen-poor ocean basins, hydrothermal vent areas, and cold seeps, as well as mangrove and tidal flats in both temperate and subtropical regions. Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 19 Aug. 2020 One of those organisms, Methanothermococcus okinawensis, found in hydrothermal vents in the East China Sea could take whatever conditions the researchers dished out, suggesting that a similar creature could possibly survive in Enceladus’ oceans. Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 1 Mar. 2018 One of those, an enzyme called Taq polymerase, was originally sourced from bacteria deep in the ocean’s hydrothermal vents. Rukmini Callimachi, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2020 See More Word History
First Known Use
1975, in the meaning defined above