{"id":220339,"date":"2025-08-18T12:12:34","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T17:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/100x-larger-hydrogen-rich-hydrothermal-system-found-using-submersible"},"modified":"2025-08-18T12:12:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T17:12:34","slug":"100x-larger-hydrogen-rich-hydrothermal-system-found-using-submersible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/100x-larger-hydrogen-rich-hydrothermal-system-found-using-submersible","title":{"rendered":"100x Larger Hydrogen-Rich Hydrothermal System Found Using Submersible"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/100x-larger-hydrogen-rich-hydrothermal-system-found-using-submersible.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>100x larger hydrogen-rich hydrothermal system beneath western Pacific seafloor discovered.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Researchers revealed that the Kunlun hydrothermal field\u2014a tectonically active site roughly 80 kilometers west of the Mussau Trench on the Caroline Plate\u2014comprises 20 large seafloor <a href=\"https:\/\/interestingengineering.com\/science\/ancient-hydrothermal-vents-more-methane\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"dofollow\">depressions<\/a> (some exceeding one kilometer in diameter) clustered together like a pipe swarm, a group of vertical or steeply inclined cylindrical rock structures that funnel liquid or gas from Earth\u2019s interior.<\/p>\n<p>The total area is 11.1 square kilometers, i.e., over a hundred times larger than the Lost City, a unique deep-sea hydrothermal field located on the Atlantis Massif, a section of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Kunlun system stands out for its exceptionally high hydrogen flux, scale, and unique <a href=\"https:\/\/interestingengineering.com\/space\/4-45-billion-year-old-mineral-reveals-hot-water-activity-on-mars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"dofollow\">geological<\/a> setting,\u201d said Prof. SUN Weidong, the study\u2019s corresponding author. \u201cIt shows that serpentinization-driven hydrogen generation can occur far from mid-ocean ridges, challenging long-held assumptions.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>100x larger hydrogen-rich hydrothermal system beneath western Pacific seafloor discovered. Researchers revealed that the Kunlun hydrothermal field\u2014a tectonically active site roughly 80 kilometers west of the Mussau Trench on the Caroline Plate\u2014comprises 20 large seafloor depressions (some exceeding one kilometer in diameter) clustered together like a pipe swarm, a group of vertical or steeply inclined [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":732,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-220339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/732"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220339\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}