Scientists have now identified a strange slice of Earth deep below the Pacific that may explain why this region is currently ...

RPI researchers were the first to ever collect data during an underwater eruption on the Mid Ocean Ridge System. They happened to be on site to gather data from hydrothermal vents.

The Eastern Pacific Ocean spans the west coast of the Americas, crossing 13 countries from Canada to Chile. WWF focuses our ...

A community of marine life was found below the East Pacific Rise, a volcanically active ridge located where two tectonic plates meet on the floor, according to a paper published Tuesday in Nature ...

Led by the University of Delaware’s Andrew Wozniak, associate professor in the School of Marine Science and Policy, a team of scientists recently witnessed a rare seafloor eruption 1,300 miles west of ...