Hydrothermal vent temperatures reveal new way to forecast eruptions at mid-ocean ridges

A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences provides scientists with a powerful new tool for ...
SpaceNews

Mid-Ocean Ridge Program, RIDGE 2000, Moves Inland

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 ...
University of Wyoming

UW’s Sims Receives NSF Grant to Study Construction of Mid-Ocean Ridges

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 ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Scientists Stumbled Upon an Active Volcanic Eruption in a Mid-Ocean Ridge for the First Time Ever

Before the eruption, scientists saw a wide variety of ocean life around the Tica hydrothermal vent. Andrew Wozniak For the first time, scientists have witnessed an active seafloor volcanic eruption ...