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Expand : *More on deep sea exploration, hydrothermal vent communities
Provide some further readings
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My initial thought is to merge to "Deep sea" just because it has more google hits, and is the phrase I tend to hear most often. However, I am open to persuasion. Thoughts? Dar-Ape22:15, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
"the closest environment on earth to outer space"[edit]
Seems a bit absurd to say this, as it blatantly is nothing like outerspace, sure there are similarities insofar as it has received only a small amount of human exploration & the fact that there is a distinct lack of inhabitability for humans, however, the same could be said about Everest. A fair point is that one could describe the Deep Sea / Ocean as some minor evidence for life on the moon of Europa.
Just my thoughts
It's completely black, unexplored, and highly difficult for humans to survive in. Everest is a terrestrial mountain among the most famous in the world that has been climbed by humans with little equipment - by comparison there are mountains in the deep sea that we don't even know about. It's very much like space, and the comparison is warranted. I didn't make it up myself - it was described like that in the opening lines of a chapter on the subject in a marine biology text. Richard00108:34, 17 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
how does saying that deep-sea is like outer space benefit the reader? if their purpose is to learn about deep-sea Slowbro08:17, 18 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
yeah, good comparison. But the article is about deep-sea not outer space. If removed the reader still attains the same knowledge of deep-sea. Slowbro04:06, 22 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Just a little hint, Life form does exist without oxygen and is present in the deep sea and live near the underwater volcanos. Not only that they also survive with methane and carbon energy instead of any sunlight energy.
Remember, key of life is not oxygen...
Deep sea compared to outer space can get people interested[edit]
I don't know what is with people asking to remove comparison of deep sea with outer space. I think it's a very interesting comparison and can get more people interested in the subject of deep sea. It's not inaccurate anyway so what's the harm in comparing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.178.34.146 (talk) 19:33, 24 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Like all Wikipedia articles, it was written by scores of (mostly) anonymous editors. Just click on the history tab at the top of the article page and scan down through the list. Vsmith (talk) 23:09, 23 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]