Beneath the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, an ancient underwater city has been quietly thriving for at least 120,000 years—but it may ...

I recently participated in a three-week-long, National Science Foundation-funded research cruise to the Mariana Trench. Our ...

Close to the summit of an underwater mountain west of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a jagged landscape of towers rises from 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 ...

Until the 1970’s people thought the deepest parts of the ocean were devoid of life- then hydrothermal vents were discovered on the sea floor. On The Point, we talk with WHOI senior geochemist ...

Hydrothermal vents are like hot springs on the ocean floor. They form along mid-ocean ridges where tectonic plates move apart. The magma from the Earth's mantle rises to fill the gap and cools to form ...

The Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR) is a massive underwater mountain range, 1,700 to 4,200 meters (1 to 2.6 miles) below sea level, that runs from the Arctic Ocean to the Southern Ocean. It is a hot spot for ...