Vabilo na predavanje prof. dr. Monike Bright "The underworld of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents"

Nacionalni inštitut za biologijo Vas vabi, da se udeležite predavanja "The underworld of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents", ki ga bo predstavila

vodja odprave 'The underworld of hydrothermal vents' na Vzhodni Pacifik v okviru misije Schmidt Ocean inštituta

prof. dr. Monika Bright

vodja skupine "Marine Benthic Ecology" in namestnica vodje

Oddelka za funkcionalno in evolucijsko ekologijo na Univerzi na Dunaju

Seminar bo v sredo, 15. novembra 2023, ob 9. uri

v predavalnici Morske biološke postaje Piran, Fornače 41, in v okolju Zoom:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86955598838?pwd=cmR1dFBXSnFwOHJkUDFXY0JlY1R0QT09

(Meeting ID: 869 5559 8838; Passcode: 734362)

Povzetek:

A journey to the East Pacific Rise in summer 2023 lead to the discovery of hydrothermal vent animals thriving in the subsurface below the seafloor. In the crater of a volcano in 2500 meters depth a subsurface cave system with pillars develops between the upper and lower crust of lava flow due to condensation of seawater. These caves build a reservoir of warm hydrothermal fluids which discharge through cracks in the crust to fuel the well-known hydrothermal vent animal and microbial communities thriving at the surface. Lifting large lava plates with the ROV SuBastian, we found that that these caves were inhabited by giant tubeworms and mobile animals of all trophic levels. The presentation will tell you the story of how it came that an international team of scientists were funded by the Schmidt Ocean Institute to sail on the R/V Falkor (too) and decided to dig into the in the Earth's crust.

Vljudno vabljeni! Predavanje bo potekalo v angleškem jeziku.

You are cordially invited to attend this lecture, which will be held in English.

Dodatne informacije: doc. dr. Tinkara Tinta, tinkara.tinta@nib.si.