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.

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This vast field of mineral towers, called the Lost City, is the oldest known hydrothermal system in the ocean. Scientists ...

The towering spires of carbonate rock found in the field were formed by a geological reaction known as serpentinization, ...

Beneath the Atlantic Ocean, scientists are doing new research on the Hydrothermal Field, an undersea world that may hold the ...

Hidden deep beneath the Atlantic Ocean, a remarkable undersea landscape known as the Lost City Hydrothermal Field could be ...

The secluded central Oregon landmark is an ancient volcanic eruption in the middle of what was, at the time, a freshwater sea ...

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Arsia Mons, one of the Red Planet's largest volcanoes, peeks through a blanket of water ice clouds in this image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter on May 2, 2025.

Over 300 million years ago, Earth experienced powerful bursts of carbon dioxide from natural sources—like massive volcanic eruptions—that triggered dramatic drops in ocean oxygen levels. These ancient ...

New research from the University of California, Davis, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Texas A&M University reveals that ...