Situated 300 miles offshore and 4,626 feet beneath the Pacific Ocean’s surface, this colossal volcano rises 3,600 feet from ...

I n 2022, researchers aboard the E/V Nautilus made a discovery on the floor of the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii. While surveying ...

Researchers found Earth's orbital changes align with past volcanic eruptions. Climate shifts and massive eruptions occurred ...

A mud volcano at the seafloor where methane-rich fluids from the subsurface are emitted to the water column. These ecosystems are at the interface between the subsurface and surface realms and are ...

A 2022 satellite photo shows a large plume of discolored water rising from the undersea Kavachi volcano, during an eruption ...

Between 15 million and 6 million years ago, a drop in ocean crust production may have lowered sea level by 26 to 32 meters.

Tell me if you’ve heard this one before: a volcano scientist who does her work in the middle of the Pacific Ocean—at the ...

it is difficult to forecast tsunami generated by volcanic eruptions and other changes to the seafloor. Whether a volcano is active can be determined based on plumes on the sea surface and other signs.

The submersible Alvin about 8,500 feet down, studying seafloor volcanoes and eruptions. (c) Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution with thanks to Daniel Fornari – WHOI-MISO Facility (www.whoi.edu ...

A reduction in seafloor spreading millions of years ago may have led to deeper ocean basins and a significant sea level drop.