Scientists discover ‘lost city’ deep in the Atlantic ocean that’s like nothing else ever seen on Earth

The Lost City environment helps us understand other universe ecosystems.

Strangely, we’ve only explored five percent of our oceans. People are still fascinated by what lies beneath the water.

Some people still believe in underwater cities like Atlantis.

Scientists found a “lost city” in the Atlantic Ocean. It is home to sea animals and probably has its own Sebastian Crab.

This lost city is made of rocky towers west of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, which runs along the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

The city has enormous walls, columns, and monoliths over 60 meters tall.

It isn’t an ancient human city but still an important discovery.

It was discovered in 2000 and named the “Lost City.” According to Science Alert, it is the longest venting environment in the ocean.

It’s unique to our planet. It could help us understand other ecosystems in the universe.

Snails and microbes live here by eating the gases from the field’s vents.

Oxygen is absent, but larger animals, including crabs, eels, and shrimps, can survive here.

Hydrocarbons here are not made by sunlight. They are created 750-900 meters below the water, near the “midnight zone,” where no light reaches.

It relies on chemical reactions on the seabed. This could help us understand how life on Earth began 3.7 billion years ago.

In 2018, microbiologist William Brazelton told The Smithsonian: This ecosystem could be active on Enceladus or Europa (Saturn and Jupiter’s moons) right now, and maybe Mars in the past, too.

The tallest monolith in the Lost City is named Poseidon, after the Greek God of the sea.

People want to make the Lost City a World Heritage site to protect it. But it may be too late.

Poland won the right to protect the deep sea around the area in 2018. They can’t touch the Lost City, but changing its surroundings could have bad results.