India Deep Ocean Mission major success find hydrothermal vent at 4500 meters below indian ocean all details

India has achieved great success in the deep sea. Under the country’s ambitious marine mission – Deep Ocean Mission, researchers have discovered a hydrothermal vent i.e. a ‘hole’ present in the surface 4.5 thousand meters deep in water. It has been found present beneath the surface of the Indian Ocean. This unprecedented discovery is being called a milestone in the country’s Deep Ocean Mission. What is its meaning, let us know in detail.

Under the Deep Ocean Mission, Indian researchers have discovered a porous airway located 4500 meters below the surface in the Indian Ocean. This is a hydrothermal vent. of researchers Tell It is believed that this discovery will increase the confidence of scientists and will give them the necessary experience to explore the deep sea in future.

Scientists from the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) and the National Center for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) have together achieved this feat. For the first time, scientists have discovered an active hydrothermal vent. The vent is discovered in the Indian Ocean.

What are hydrothermal vents?

Hydrothermal vent is simply called a hot spring present under water. They form along mid-ocean ridges where tectonic plates move apart. When magma comes out from the Earth’s inner layer, the mantle, it forms a new upper layer, the crust. It is also responsible for forming a chain of volcanic mountains. When ocean water seeps into this new crust, it heats up and erupts back up. It contains dissolved minerals which freeze when it comes into cold outside water.

What is Deep Ocean Mission?

Deep Ocean Mission is India’s ambitious maritime mission whose cost is said to be Rs 4 thousand crores. The purpose of the mission is to uncover new minerals present in the ocean, study the ocean’s unique ecosystem, and advance the understanding of what role the ocean may play in climate change. NCPOR Director Thamban Meloth has described this discovery as a milestone which is a big achievement in India’s Rs 4 thousand crore mission. The first hydrothermal vent was discovered in the Galapagos Rift in 1977. But this is India’s first discovery in the Indian Ocean.