At the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge off the Norwegian coast, molten rock rises from deep within the Earth between spreading ...

This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network, where Elizabeth Claire Alberts is a fellow. BERGEN ...

He said this research will further the understanding of life after the asteroid impact. “Regardless of what effect (the hydrothermal vent) had on plankton living up in the surface ocean — hydrothermal ...

Saya de Malha Bank is among the world’s largest seagrass fields and the planet’s most important carbon sinks. THE MOST ...

Ribeiro said the rock came from the chimney-like opening of a hydrothermal vent that gushes ... “The Arctic mid-ocean ridge area is still poorly studied,” Ribeiro said.

One such area is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, specifically near an underwater ... massif is an area known as the Lost City—a hydrothermal field whose vent fluids are highly alkaline and rich in ...

Between about 12,000 to 6,000 years ago, spreading at the Mid-Atlantic Ocean Ridge, which sits between the North American and Eurasian plates, may have increased by as much as 40%. "As ice volume ...

Their models show that this nudge affected both continental interiors and mid-ocean ridges. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is a critical test case because geologists have long treated its ...

According to the team’s calculations, the motion of the North American continental plate may have sped up by 25% as the ice melted. At the same time, spreading at the Mid-Atlantic Ocean Ridge, which ...