Archive for December 2019
Underway: Alvin and Sentry on the Hot2Cold Vents cruise at 9°50’N
Continuing work started earlier in 2019, the Sylvan Geomicrobiology Lab from Texas A&M returns to 9°50’N on the East Pacific Rise with Alvin and Sentry to study organisms that live in hydrothermal vent ecosystems and the surrounding seafloor terrain. Follow along on the cruise blog. Read more about the research project.
Read MoreUDaily: Seafloor carbon at the East Pacific Rise vent
A University of Delaware study lead by Emily Estes and using samples collected on an Alvin expedition finds direct links between old carbon, graphite, and seafloor hydrothermal vents.
Read MoreThe Conversation: explore deep-sea volcanoes with an aquanaut
Geologist Michael Perfit has taken about 40 dives in HOV Alvin. Read his account of a day at work underwater published in The Conversation.
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