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Ocean explorers have found thriving, alien-like communities of tube worms, mollusks and spiny white organisms on the floor of ocean trenches in the northwest Pacific Ocean.
The discovery, made by a Chinese research team using a submersible at a depth of about 9,500 meters, reveals the deepest and most complex communities of chemically powered organisms ever found on our planet.
These unusual creatures are able to survive in harsh conditions. They cope with extreme pressure in total darkness and get their energy from chemical reactions rather than sunlight. The results of the study, published Wednesday (July 30) in the journal Nature, suggest that such chemosynthetic life may be more common than previously thought, according to a statement from the journal's publisher, Springer Nature.
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