Oceanographers explored an area around the Pacific Ocean’s Nazca Ridge and found a massive underwater mountain. Using a sonar system, the researchers digitally mapped the seafloor of the area ...

Longest mountain range, running through the Atlantic Ocean, separating the Eurasian and North American plates in the north, ...

With eruptions in 1998, 2011, and 2015, the volcano serves as a perfect laboratory, and experts expect an eruption by the end ...

As the tectonic plates spread, they allow molten rock to bubble to the ocean floor, adding to the underwater ridge. Bill Chadwick observes a images from a remotely operated vehicle during a June ...

The Salas y Gómez and Nazca Ridges are deep-sea mountain ... fuels the diversity of life found across the underwater mountain range. The Schmidt Ocean Institute, in partnership with Universidad ...

Located on the Juan de Fuca Ridge in the Pacific Ocean, the underwater shield volcano last erupted in 2015, following previous eruptions in 1998 and 2011. The volcano, first detected in the 1970s ...

Using sonar technology, scientists mapped the underwater mountain by ... This was the third Schmidt Ocean Institute expedition to the Nazca Ridge, and the team mapped 25 seamounts during their ...