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Volcanic eruption in deep ocean ridge seen by scientists for first time
Researchers in a submersible could hardly believe their eyes, or their luck, when they saw a clearly active eruption along an ...
Volcanic Eruption in Deep Ocean Ridge Is Witnessed by Scientists for First Time
Researchers diving in a submersible in the eastern Pacific realized that the landscape they had studied the day before had ...
How the 'marine revolution' shaped ocean life
Between 252 and 66 million years ago, the ocean underwent a revolution. That's when plankton with calcium carbonate skeletons ...
Lost Fortresses, Shifting Sands, and Coral Cities: The Secrets of Dry Tortugas
Off the coast of Key West lies the pristine Dry Tortugas, a cluster of remote islands where coral reefs, historical forts, ...
Close exploration of mineral extraction may enable a better understanding of the impact of deep-sea mining
The ocean's deep-sea bed is scattered with ancient rocks, each about the size of a closed fist, called "polymetallic nodules.
‘Giant’ monolith discovered towering on Pacific floor, NOAA says. ‘Super weird’
A massive stone monolith has been found protruding from the Pacific Ocean seafloor like a giant finger, according to NOAA Ocean Exploration. The pillar is 49 feet high, 36 feet long and 13 feet wide, ...