Scientists have discovered two new hydrothermal vent fields in the Atlantic Ocean.
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An expedition aboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute s Falkor (too) found two new hydrothermal vent fields in the Doldrums Megatransform and Fracture Zone, about 1,300 kilometres off the northeast coast of Brazil. These are the first known hydrothermal fields in that region.
Source: Schmidt Ocean Institute
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