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🧬 Hydrothermal Vent Plume — Buoyant Mineral Rise (2D)

2D cross-section simulation of a deep-sea hydrothermal vent: superheated mineral-rich particles rise from a black-smoker chimney under a temperature-driven buoyancy force, cool and dilute with ambient seawater, and drift with ocean current.

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Details

CategoryDeep Ocean & Underwater World

RenderingCanvas 2D

DifficultyModerate

Target FPS60

ControlsVent Temperature slider (150–450°C) — sets particle heat and buoyant lift, Mineral Output slider — sets plume darkness/opacity from precipitated sulphides, Ambient Current slider — adds sideways drift to the rising plume, Flow Rate slider — sets particle emission rate from the vent, Pause/Play button — freezes or resumes the simulation, Reset button — clears particles and restarts the plume

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⚙ Under the hood

A 2D cross-section simulation of a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney. Superheated mineral-rich particles rise under a temperature-driven buoyancy force, cool and dilute as they mix with near-freezing ambient seawater, and drift sideways with ocean current, while chemosynthetic tubeworm colonies sway at the vent base.

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2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install