Galapagos Hydrothermal Vents Included in the Third 100 IUGS Geological Heritage Sites
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Woods Hole, Mass. (November 6, 2026) - The site of the world's first discovered hydrothermal vents, explored in 1977 by scientists aboard the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's (WHOI) human-occupied submersible , has been named one of the world's most significant geological heritage sites by the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS).
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