Hydrothermal generation scheduling optimisation is a critical component in modern power system management, involving the coordinated planning of hydro and thermal power plant operations to meet energy ...

Before sunlight ever reached the planet, another force may have sparked life—electricity. Deep beneath the ocean floor, ancient hydrothermal vents might have generated natural electric fields strong ...

The results confirmed the hypothesis that underwater hydrothermal vents played a key role in the process. "The hypothesis is that these physicochemical contrasts present in the vicinity of the thermal ...

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Deep in the ocean, hydrothermal vents can tower up to 200 feet above the seafloor, belching out scalding water warmed by hot magma from underwater volcanoes. A recent expedition to locate more of ...

On an August day in 2024, a Yellowstone National Park ranger driving south between Mammoth Hot Springs and Norris Geyser Basin noticed a plume of steam. Was it really steam, the ranger wondered, or ...

An international drilling expedition off the Norwegian coast confirms the theory that methane emissions from hydrothermal vents were responsible for global warming about 55 million years ago. The ...