A program designed to study the mid-ocean ridge system and enhance understanding of the relationship between the geological processes that lead to planetary renewal in the deep ocean and life forms ...

Multibeam bathymetry shows the morphology of a section of the Southeast Indian Ridge south of Australia. New research finds that highly variable seafloor morphology is controlled by changes in magma ...

The present solid Earth is actually active, with new plates generating in the mid-ocean ridges and some old plates sinking back into the interior through subduction zones. Subduction is thus a key ...

The human-occupied vehicle Alvin, during a dive on the East Pacific Rise, collected samples and recovered instruments placed at the vents during previous expeditions. Woods Hole, Mass (October 13, ...

Researchers will use two new autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs)–Puma and Jaguar–in tandem to locate hydrothermal vent sites on the seafloor of the Arctic Ocean. (Credit: Illustration by E. Paul ...