How to Use hydrothermal in a Sentence

hydrothermal

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Definition of hydrothermalnext
  • Pets are also banned in the hydrothermal areas of the park.
    — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The hydrothermal springs are as big of a finding as the new species of octopus.
    — Emilee Coblentz, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Water from rain and snow that falls on the highlands of the park feeds its hydrothermal system.
    — Mike Morris, latimes.com, 12 July 2019
  • But close to the hydrothermal springs, the water is a balmy 51 degrees Fahrenheit.
    — Tara Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Aug. 2023
  • These hydrothermal vents are fissures in the rocky core of Enceladus.
    — Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics, 13 Apr. 2017
  • Thousands of years ago, hydrothermal vents fed worms deep below the ice.
    — Matt Simon, Wired, 8 Feb. 2022
  • There are extreme forms of life on Earth that draw energy from hydrothermal vents deep under the sea, rather than from the sun.
    — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 June 2020
  • The ground around hydrothermal areas of the park is thin and fragile, and scalding water lies just below the surface.
    — Gregory Yeestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2022
  • In 1977 hydrothermal vents in the deep sea were discovered.
    — Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books, 17 Nov. 2020
  • Yellowstone is home to half of the world's hydrothermal features — from hot springs to geysers.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 26 Feb. 2022
  • One of these areas, Norris Geyser Basin to the northwest of the caldera, contains more than 500 hydrothermal features.
    — National Geographic, 19 Mar. 2020
  • The tug causes hydrothermal activity, which warms the oceans and causes the geysers, all in the kinds of hot beds that sprouted life on Earth.
    — John Wenz, Popular Mechanics, 8 Dec. 2022
  • In a park rich with hydrothermal features, these hot springs are a stunning favorite.
    — Star Tribune, 27 Nov. 2020
  • These include a groundwater sample found nearly two miles deep in a South African gold mine and at hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor.
    — Margi Murphy, Fox News, 24 May 2017
  • One - to study hydrothermal vents in the Gulf of Alaska/North Pacific and document the impact the vents are having on the climate and fisheries.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 3 Oct. 2020
  • But hydrothermal vents are like the Santa Barbaras of the abyss, peaceful respites where life can be abundant and flourishing.
    — Sabrina Imbler, The Atlantic, 16 Feb. 2021
  • The hydrogen may be produced by the deep-sea hydrothermal vents on the moon's seafloor, in a similar way that may have started life on Earth as well, reports Mike Wall Space.com.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 July 2021
  • Only the hazy shimmer of escaping hot water meeting the frigid sea alerted the researchers to the hydrothermal seep.
    — Christina Larson, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The ground in hydrothermal areas is fragile and thin and there is scalding water just below the surface, park officials said.
    — Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2020
  • The summit hosts a warm crater lake (Te Wai ā-moe) that sees changes in chemistry and temperature thanks to the hydrothermal system and magma under the volcano's summit.
    — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Ballard was also instrumental in discovering new forms of life at hydrothermal vents on the floor of the ocean.
    — Tony Bradley, Forbes, 14 June 2021
  • These microbes are often found in acid mine drainage as well as hydrothermal systems, like Laguna Caliente.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 3 Feb. 2022
  • There’s no other snail in the world armored like the Crysomallon squamiferum, which lives over hydrothermal vents deep in the Indian Ocean.
    — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 17 Aug. 2022
  • The veins’ width and size imply that for thousands—if not millions—of years, Bennu’s parent body had a sizable amount of hydrothermal activity.
    — National Geographic, 8 Oct. 2020
  • If active hydrothermal vents are here, they’ll likely be marked by telltale spires of carbonate.
    — James Nestor, Scientific American, 12 Feb. 2018
  • At hydrothermal vents on Earth, the hydrogen is quickly gobbled up by microbes.
    — Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2017
  • Jupiter’s moon Europa is covered in a thick layer of ice that is believed to conceal a planet-wide ocean, which means that any lifeforms there would have cropped up around hydrothermal vents deep beneath the surface.
    — Daniel Oberhaus, Wired, 9 July 2020
  • This suggested that hydrothermal vents might be present.
    — Suzanne Oconnell, The Conversation, 22 June 2021
  • The Biscuit Basin hike is a popular .6 mile excursion that leads past many hydrothermal features.
    — Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 24 July 2024
  • Most hydrothermal explosions are small and go unobserved, according to Michael Poland, the scientist-in-charge at the observatory.
    — Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 25 July 2024

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