“The law of the sea basically colonized [Pacific peoples’] ocean,” said Frank Murphy, a resident of French Polynesia who ...

If passed, the rules could allow groups to tear the crusts off undersea mountains, rip nodules from the seafloor, and cut into chimney-like hydrothermal vents in the deepest, darkest parts of the ...

A 5-foot-wide flange, or ledge, on the side of a chimney in the Lost City Field ... between seawater and the Earth's mantle. This hydrothermal field raises many questions about the origin ...

Absolutely stunning look down a large hydrothermal vent chimney. How many different forms of animal life do you see?#UnderwaterFire President and co-founder of the Schmidt Ocean Institute, Wendy ...

If you are planning on driving in Yellowstone National Park when most of its roads open in April, you could drive by one of ...

A park scientist noticed it about two weeks after a hydrothermal explosion along a boardwalk during the park’s overactive ...