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Oceanus Magazine: Racing an undersea volcano

A 3D rendering of the East Pacific Rise developed with seafloor bathymetry data collected in 2018-2019 by Dan Fornari, WHOI, and collaborators Ross Parnell-Turner and Jyun-Nai Wu, SIO, using the autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) Sentry. (Image Credit: Dan Fornari, WHOI)

Scientists hurry to map the seafloor with Sentry before the next volcanic eruption on the East Pacific Rise.