Access through your institution Buy or subscribe Sir US funding agencies' call for ocean exploration should lead to exciting discoveries, with light being shed on some of the least

known portions of our biosphere. But contrary to the details given in the News feature “To boldly go” (_Nature_ 412, 672–673; 2001), scientists involved in the study of Blake Ridge methane

seeps have no intention of studying plant life supported by methane at 2,000 metres. This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution ACCESS OPTIONS Access through your

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researchers would study any life that exists around the Blake Ridge methane seeps. The phrase “plant life” was incorrectly introduced during editing — Correspondence Editor, _Nature_ RIGHTS

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