Abstract: Exactly 30 years ago, the first discovery on seafloor hydrothermal activity and its associated living community was made at Galapagos Rift area. Soon after, this event rocked the fields of geosciences, and shortly after the biosciences. Since then, this discovery has been directing our effort in linking the mantle activity to chemical and biological developments in our ocean, and guiding our passion for understanding the rising of the life in the ocean at the early stage of our planet. Even now, after this ...

Key words: deep sea, seafloor hydrotherm, Galapagos