Oceanography, Vol. 38, No. 2, THE NEPTUNE SEAFLOOR OBSERVATORY AS A TOOL TO INFORM MPA MANAGEMENT (JUNE 2025), pp. 10-23 (14 pages) Designating marine protected areas (MPAs) is an increasingly ...

Destruction of key hydrothermal vents by deep-sea mining could have knock-on impacts for vent fields hundreds of kilometers away, suggests a new paper published in Ecology and Evolution. The study, ...

We’ve all seen the surreal footage in nature documentaries showing hydrothermal vents on the frigid ocean floor—bellowing black plumes of super-hot water—and the life forms that cling to them. Now, a ...

Hydrothermal vents have been identified as a previously undiscovered source of dissolved black carbon in the oceans, furthering the understanding of the role of oceans as a carbon sink. Hydrothermal ...

Chinese scientists have become the first to visit one of Earth’s most remote and geologically intriguing realms: an ...

An autonomous diving robot captured the vents in unprecedented detail. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In the dark ocean depths ...

A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences provides scientists with a powerful new tool for monitoring and predicting tectonic activity deep beneath the seafloor at ...

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If you journey down to the Endeavour Hydrothermal Vents near Vancouver Island, British Columbia, you may run into Dudley, a creepy wooden mannequin who is starting to go to pieces on the ocean floor.

Deep beneath the ocean floor, ancient hydrothermal vents might have generated natural electric fields strong enough to turn ...