GUEST INTERVIEW: Peter Rona on the Diversity of Hydrothermal Systems on Slow Spreading Ocean Ridges
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By , on December 30th, 2011 One comment   Geology, Scientist!, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls   , , , , , , , , , , ,  

Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 188, 2010. Editor’s Note: The following interview was conducted by Colin Schultz for American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) member publication Eos. AGU and Colin have been kind enough to let Deep Sea News reprint the interview for our readers! Peter Rona is a legend in hydrothermal vent research. Colin Schultz, Diversity of . . . → Read More: GUEST INTERVIEW: Peter Rona on the Diversity of Hydrothermal Systems on Slow Spreading Ocean Ridges

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Revealing life at the Ridge
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By , on July 10th, 2010 One comment   Expeditions, New Species   , , , , ,  

Some amazing new pictures were released this week from the final cruise of the ECOMAR program, focused around the Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Researchers reported a distinct set of fauna on the East and West sides of this tectonic divide (despite these sites being located only a few miles apart), and recovered . . . → Read More: Revealing life at the Ridge

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Sometimes My Job Is Real Nice
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By , on June 16th, 2010 4 comments   Biology, Ecology, Environmental Sciences, Geology, Scientist!, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls   , , , , ,  

Mid-Atlantic Ridge: From Wikimedia Commons Map showing the Mid-Atlantic Ridge splitting Iceland and separating the North American and Eurasian Plates. The map also shows Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland, the Thingvellir area, and the locations of some of Iceland's active volcanoes (red triangles), including Krafla. From Wikimedia commons You can thank the major ocean spreading . . . → Read More: Sometimes My Job Is Real Nice

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The ‘Eye’ of the Vent Shrimp
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By , on April 1st, 2010 7 comments   Adaptations, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls   , , , , , , , , , , ,  

Rimicaris exoculata, from this Japanese website (click image) *Not to be confused with the hit song by Survivor. The vent shrimp Rimicaris exoculata (literally the Rift-shrimp deprived of eyes) swarms hydrothermal chimneys, with temperatures reaching over 350 C, en masse in the darkness of the deep sea. It has a certain peculiarity in that its . . . → Read More: The ‘Eye’ of the Vent Shrimp

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Air France 447
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By , on June 8th, 2009 5 comments   Vessels and Equipment   , , , , , , , , , ,  

[googlemap lat="2.5479878714713706" lng="-32.87109375" width="500px" height="500px" zoom="4" type="G_SATELLITE_MAP"]2.547988,-32.871094[/googlemap]Normally, I wouldn’t discuss an airline disaster here and before I go on let me say my heart goes out to those who lost loved ones in this tragedy. I post this here because I have fielded several questions from friends and family lately about the seafloor, equipment used, . . . → Read More: Air France 447

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