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'Black smokers' found in Arctic Ocean
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4 Aug 08 - Jets of searingly hot water spewing up from the sea floor have been discovered in a far-northern zone of the Arctic Ocean, Swiss-based scientists announced Monday.

The "black smokers" were found at a depth of  2,400 meters (7,874 feet), with water temperatures of up to 400C (752F).

A team from Norway's University of Bergen and the Lausanne-based Swiss Federal Institute of Technology found the vents on an expedition in June, with the results published on the Swiss polytechnic's website.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080804/sc_afp/scienceoceansventsarctic_080804185114 Thanks to Jimmy Walter for this link


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