Close to the summit of an underwater mountain west of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a jagged landscape of towers rises from the gloom.
, which have also been named as a possible first habitat, the Lost City's ecosystem doesn't depend on the heat of magma.
Black smokers produce mostly iron- and sulfur-rich minerals, whereas the Lost City's chimneys produceThe calcite vents of the Lost City are also much, much larger than black smokers, which suggests they've been active for longer.The tallest of the monoliths is named Poseidon, after the Greek god of the sea, and it stretches more than 60 meters high.
Just northeast of the tower, meanwhile, is a cliffside with short bursts of activity. Researchers at the University of Washington the vents here as 'weeping' with fluid to produce"clusters of delicate, multi-pronged carbonate growths that extend outward like the fingers of upturned hands."In 2018, it was announced that Poland hadto mine the deep sea around The Lost City. While there are no precious resources to be dredged up in the actual thermal field itself, the destruction of the city's surroundings could have unintended consequences.
This is the Lost City, a towering ecosystem in the middle of the North Atlantic. It's completely unique, with life found nowhere else on Earth. And if someone wanted to destroy it? There's nothing you could do about it. No laws. No consequences. Welcome to the High Seas...
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