Researchers discover new animal species
The Schmidt Ocean Institute discovered iridescent blue worms
Cowell: Schmidt Institute of the Oceans / ROV SuBastian
Researchers from Mexico and the USA have discovered iridescent worms and other apparently unknown animal species in the Gulf of California. Column bristles, stockworms, crabs and mollusks. And the institute has found another new phenomenon with its diving robot.
FResearchers from Mexico and the United States have discovered new hydrothermal springs and previously unknown animal species in the Gulf of California. Using a diving robot, scientists have captured images of the seabed and blue iridescent worms, according to the Schmidt Institute of Oceanography.
Hydrothermal springs emit fluids at temperatures up to 287 degrees. The researchers reported that while in other areas the liquids are often dark and thus the sources are called black smokers, they are transparent in the Gulf of California. They took samples to analyze the chemical composition of the liquid.
They also want to know if the hydrothermal springs are connected to each other or if they feed independently of each other from individual cracks in the earth’s crust.
On an expedition with the research vessel “Falkor”, scientists have discovered at least six species that may not have been known before, including many whiskers and arrowworms, crab and mollusks.
Researchers discover new hydrothermal springs
Coil: ROV SuBastian / Schmidt Ocean In
In the past three years, scientists have discovered nearly 20,000 square kilometers of the Gulf of California. This corresponds to about one-eighth of the total area. “Studying the relatively rapid rate at which the Gulf of California is forming increases our understanding of how continental margins are formed – the places where most people live today,” said Ronald Spells Madero of the Autonomous University of Baja California.
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