A research mission uncovered five new hydrothermal vents in a highly volcanic ... Expect intense heat on the floor of the ...

The deepest regions of Earth's oceans, known as the abyssal and hadal zones, lie at least as far under the water's surface as ...

The Sea of Cortez, also known as the Gulf of California, is a unique corner of the Pacific Ocean. This remarkable ... can be witnessed first hand. Hydrothermal vents are fissures that expel ...

Their expedition was to look for hydrothermal ... ocean water. A dusting of white lay around the vents, and in some places, had accumulated so high as to look like chimneys on the sea floor ...

As the only woman who has piloted the deep-ocean research submersible Alvin, Van Dover is among the few researchers to have explored hydrothermal vents firsthand. A love of the ocean lured Nicole ...

Discovered by scientists in 2000, more than 700 meters (2,300 feet) beneath the surface, the Lost City Hydrothermal Field is the longest-lived venting environment known in the ocean. Nothing else like ...