Environmental Status:
Hydrothermal vents remain far from the normal activities of humans that impact most environments because it is so difficult to reach them. Only a few expensive submarines can even go to them. However, many of the minerals Hydrothermal Vents settle at the bottom of ocean in the soil around the vents. This leads to the mining of the seafloor in search for gold, zinc, and silver because it has more than land deposits do. Also, some companies use the heat from hydrothermal vents and converts it into energy. All in all though, at this moment, potentially harmful activity is limited due to the difficulty in reaching them, however, there is a fear that it will increase in the near future.
Hydrothermal vents remain far from the normal activities of humans that impact most environments because it is so difficult to reach them. Only a few expensive submarines can even go to them. However, many of the minerals Hydrothermal Vents settle at the bottom of ocean in the soil around the vents. This leads to the mining of the seafloor in search for gold, zinc, and silver because it has more than land deposits do. Also, some companies use the heat from hydrothermal vents and converts it into energy. All in all though, at this moment, potentially harmful activity is limited due to the difficulty in reaching them, however, there is a fear that it will increase in the near future.