Undersea superhighway: Long-distance larvae speed to new undersea vent homes

Monday, April 12, 2010 - 21:21 in Earth & Climate

Working in a rare, "natural seafloor laboratory" of hydrothermal vents that had just been rocked by a volcanic eruption, scientists have discovered what they believe is an undersea superhighway carrying tiny life forms unprecedented distances to inhabit the post-eruption site.

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