This brief web article features black smokers and discusses the history of their discovery, the geologic processes creating black smokers, and the various life forms inhabiting this extreme environment. As part of the PBS “Savage Earth” series, the site contains animations of basic geologic processes, QuickTime videos and additional web articles discussing the ring of fire, the Kola well in Russia, the internal structure of the Earth, earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis. This website also provides a link to the PBS home, where other PBS online programs can be found. The QuickTime program is required to view the videos and can be downloaded free of charge on site.
Subject: Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Marine, Biology:Microbiology, Geoscience:Hydrology, Oceanography:Chemical, Marine Geology and Geophysics, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics, Geophysics Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Animations/Video, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work Grade Level: Primary (K-2), Intermediate (3-5), Middle (6-8), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14), General Public Extreme Environments: Extremely Hot Theme: Teach the Earth:Course Topics:Ecology, Hydrology/Hydrogeology, Teach the Earth:Teaching Topics:Water, Teach the Earth:Course Topics:Oceanography, Teach the Earth:Teaching Topics:Plate Tectonics, Teach the Earth:Course Topics:Geophysics
