Life around deep sea methane seeps

Organisms at a site on the Hikurangi Margin off the east coast of New Zealand at a depth of about 1000 metres. The footage was captured by researchers from the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand, and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, US.Read more about the expedition on http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn10653

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[newscientistvideo]

Hi eannadarcy, New Scientist wouldn't put out a fake video; it wouldn't do our reputation any good! It just happens to be rather good footage (taken by researchers from the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand, and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, US). Thanks for watching!

Michael Marshall, online editorial assistant

[Dragonkrux]

only for people too dull to understand what they're looking at... this is spectacular!

[lukeraynor85]

If that methane ever warmed up, we'd all be f*cked.

[xtremetom180]

very interesting vid

[lukeraynor85]

@131T3M3 im talking about global warming, so what you said makes no sense

[131T3M3]

@lukeraynor85 err wat r u talking abt>? these hydrothermal vents are 60 degrees Celsius to 464 degrees Celsius

those creatures are able to survive there because they adapted to live in those conditions. if u try to go there urself u wud be lucky to come out wiht a 4th degree burn

[mnemoniccourier]

Methane gas rises from ocean depths off Costa Rica

[pergentile]

You don't have to be dull not to understand something, you have to be ignorant to belittle someones point of view though. Way to go douchebag.

[wildcomfort88]

would that be the equivalent to living on a hostile planet?

[mcgihoh]

It may just look like mud, but remember, this is life that lives on METHANE.

This could be what it was like when life first formed.

[Quiras2]

Perhaps a running commentary . Or some explanation of what part is interesting and noteworthy and why it is so would be in order for lay people like me.

We too would like to find out more of why and how life is able to flourish in such depths and the unique ecology it represents.

Help us do so. Hope to see a new one soon!

[ghostCHILL222]

sorry,i'm a science hater,so where exactuly is the methane?,i just saw dead fish....