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  "id": 8058091,
  "title": "Deep-sea hydrothermal vents may be a hot spot for pregnant Antarctic krill",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/deep-sea-hydrothermal-vents-may-be-a-hot-spot-for-pregnant-antarctic",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-17T16:20:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-deep-sea-hydrothermal-vents-hot.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Antarctic krill are tiny shrimp-like creatures that were previously thought to mostly inhabit the upper layer of the Southern Ocean. Although they had occasionally been observed at deeper levels, they were never seen near deep-sea hydrothermal vents until 2024, when a group of oceanographers observed them there for the first time. The team's new study, published in Communications Biology,…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}