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.

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 ...

Observing an undersea volcanic eruption is no easy task. Scientists only directly witnessed one in action for the first time on April 29. In the Pacific Ocean, about 1,300 miles (2,092 kilometers) ...

Last month, Alvin made a series of dives on the East Pacific Rise far to the west of Costa Rica to study one of the most active hydrothermal vent seafloor areas in the world.