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World's deepest chemosynthetic community discovered in NW Pacific

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A Chinese-led research team discovered the deepest chemosynthetic, or chemical-fueled creature, community yet in the northwest Pacific Ocean's Chiba-Kamchatka and Aleutian trenches. At depths exceeding 9,000 meters, scientists filmed thriving fields dominated by tube worms and molluscs amid pitch darkness and vast pressure.

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