I believe the answer is D, "<span>profits for the timber industry." If they are cutting down more rainforests, the timber industry will profit more, not less.
The discovery of hydrothermal vents changed all that. Vast communities of animals grew big and fast in the depths! Instead of using light to create organic material to live and grow (photosynthesis), microorganisms at the bottom of the food chain at vents used chemicals such as hydrogen sulfide (chemosynthesis).
