Researchers in a submersible could hardly believe their eyes, or their luck, when they saw a clearly active eruption along an ...

Before the eruption, scientists saw a wide variety of ocean ... vent. Andrew Wozniak For the first time, scientists have witnessed an active seafloor volcanic eruption along a mid-ocean ridge.

Three quarters of all of the volcanic activity on Earth takes place at mid-ocean spreading centers,” said Deb Kelley, a ...

Hydrothermal vents are underwater hot springs that release mineral-rich water into the ocean. They are located in volcanic regions, often along mid-ocean ... through bottom, ridge and ocean ...

The underwater volcano, Axial Seamount, off the coast of the Pacific Northwest is heading to eruption for the first time in a ...