Rare Oasis Of Life Discovered Near Geothermal Vents On Floor Of Yellowstone Lake

[Moontanman]

Rare Oasis of Life Discovered Near Geothermal Vents on Floor of Yellowstone Lake

 

 

 

ScienceDaily (Oct. 6, 2010) — Montana State University researchers have discovered a rare oasis of life in the midst of hundreds of geothermal vents at the bottom of Yellowstone Lake. A colony of moss, worms and various forms of shrimp flourishes in an area where the water is inky black, about 90 degrees Fahrenheit, and a cauldron of nutrients, gases and poisons, the researchers reported in the September issue of Geobiology.

 

 

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/10/101004141327.htm