Deep below the ocean's surface are hydrothermal vent fields,or submarine hot springs that can reach temperatures of up to 400 °C. These fields are surrounded by a unique set of animals, including vent crabs and eyeless vent shrimp, and that survive off of the chemicals emitted from the hydrothermal vents. Recently,Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) researchers and collaborators fill computed the dispersal of larvae from these hydrothermal vent ecosystems to understand and safeguard the animals found there. The results fill been published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
Source: phys.org