Hydrothermal systems at mid-ocean ridges (MOR) transfer heat, metals, and carbon from Earth’s interior to the deep ocean, ...

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 ...

Ken Sims, a professor in UW’s Department of Geology and Geophysics, recently received a $325,841 National Science Foundation grant to look at understanding the processes and timescales of basalt ...

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, ...

Iceland is known as ‘the land of fire and ice’ for a reason. Iceland’s volcanic activity is generally tame compared with explosive eruptions along the Pacific’s Ring of Fire. This time, it’s shaking ...

Far beneath the ocean’s surface stretches the world’s longest mountain range. It’s one of the world’s great mysteries, barely explored beyond mapping and involved in all kinds of seismic activity. The ...

Seafloor lava rubble stores far more carbon than solid rock, revealing a long-overlooked carbon sink shaping Earth’s climate over time.

San Juan, Puerto Rico – Scientists have discovered three new hydrothermal vent fields over a 434-mile-long stretch of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge during the first scientific expedition aboard Schmidt Ocean ...