A new type of hydrothermal vent field in the Atlantic Ocean called Lost City was discovered in 2000. As [Boetius][1] describes in her Perspective, recent detailed mapping of this hydrothermal vent field as well as chemical and microbial analyses ([ Kelley et al. ) ][2] reveal that an extraordinary array of micro- and macro-organisms inhabit the giant white carbonate chimneys of Lost City. [1]: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/307/5714/1420 [2]: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/short/307/5714/1428
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