This is a perspective view of the Kawio Barat (West Kawio) seamount looking from the northwest. The underwater volcano rises around 3,800 meters from the seafloor. Credit: Image courtesy of INDEX 2010: “Indonesia-USA Deep-Sea Exploration of the Sangihe Talaud Region.” The join Indonesia – U.S. exploration of the deep ocean north of Sulawesi, Indonesia mapped . . . → Read More: Update on NOAA Expedition in the Indian Ocean
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By Dr. M, on  July 19th, 2010  Leave a comment  Expeditions, New Research, Organisms, Seamount  Barnacle, cirri, exploration, indonesia, Kawio Barat, NOAA, Okeanos Explorer, Seamount, Sulawesi, Volcano Planning on attending the Deep-Sea Biology Symposium in Iceland this June? From the Symposium website There has been intensive interest for the 12th Deep-sea symposium. Nearly 250 people have registered for the symposium. It appears that we will have double sessions on all days except the day of the excursion. Those that have offered oral . . . → Read More: The 12th Deep-Sea Biology Symposium…in Iceland?!
By Dr. M, on December 21st, 2009 One comment Expeditions, Geology, Natural Disaster, New Research, Pictures and Movies, Scientist!, Seamount eruption, Pacific, video, Volcano All captured in video by scientists exploring 1220m (4000ft) beneath the surface in Pacific Ocean near Samoa the previous summer. The lava erupting from the West Mata volcano is predicted to be the hottest lava erupting one Earth. [googlemap lat="-15.284185114076433" lng="-172.08984375" width="500px" height="500px" zoom="2" type="G_SATELLITE_MAP"]Samoa[/googlemap] . . . → Read More: Deepest Underwater Volcanic Eruption
By Dr. M, on September 22nd, 2009 Leave a comment Expeditions, Scientist!, Vessels and Equipment butter, Chris Mah, echinoblog, Expedition, lava, NE Pacific, remote operated vehicle, ROV, Volcano In the ROV control room. You can see Chris there on the right with his left hand on his chin. I am in the background about dead center (the bald one with the headset on doing my cheif scientist thing. Chris Mah provides the next installment of his ongoing series covering our previous cruise. Although . . . → Read More: More on the 2009 NE Pacific Expedition
By Dr. M, on August 24th, 2009 2 comments Expeditions, Geology, Organisms, Scientist! Expedition, lava, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Ocean, ridge, Seamount, Volcano Just a reminder that Chris Mah (from Echinoblog) and I will participating in Leg 5 of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute’s expedition to the northern Pacific. Leg 5 of the expedition, starting Friday of this week, focuses on sampling lava flows that erupted during historic time on the Juan de Fuca and Gorda . . . → Read More: Pacific Northwest Expedition
By Dr. M, on August 5th, 2009 3 comments Expeditions, Geology, Seamount, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls Expedition, lava, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Ocean, ridge, Seamount, Volcano Myself and Chris Mah (from Echinoblog) will particpating in Leg 5 of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute’s expedition ot the northern Pacific. Leg 5 of the expedition focuses on sampling lava flows that erupted during historic time on the Juan de Fuca and Gorda Mid-Ocean Ridges, and comparing them with the surrounding, older . . . → Read More: 2009 Pacific Northwest Expedition
By Dr. M, on May 12th, 2009 3 comments Geology, New Research, Pictures and Movies, Seamount, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls National Geographic, Rota-1, video, Volcano When put in water, volcanoes may increase in size From National Geographic: The science team, led by Bill Chadwick of Oregon State University, reports the volcano has been growing considerably in the last three years. Chadwick says the volcano has expanded 131 feet in height and nearly a thousand feed in width, about as . . . → Read More: Amazing Growing Deep-Sea Volcano
By Dr. M, on April 13th, 2009 6 comments Adaptations, Conservation & Environment, Environmental Sciences, Geology, New Research, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls acid, acidity, atmosphere, carbon cycle, carbon dioxide, carbonate, Crab, deep sea, form, hydrolysis, mussel, ocean acidification, pH, plankton, shells, Southern Ocean, Volcano Two recent papers in Nature GeoScience demonstrate the real effects of ocean acidification. For those not in know, there is an ongoing decrease in the pH of the oceans from carbon dioxide released by humans into the atmosphere. From 1751 to 1994, the pH of the world’s oceans has dropped by 0.1, an considerable decrease . . . → Read More: Ocean Acidification, Not Good For Living
By Dr. M, on March 19th, 2009 One comment Geology ash, eruption, Hunga Ha'apai, Hunga Tonga, lava, Natural Disaster, Nuku'alofa, Nuku'alofa Tonga, Pacific Ocean, plume, Tonga, Tongatapu, Volcano [googlemap lat="-20.730428476781324" lng="-175.27862548828125" width="500px" height="300px" zoom="8" type="G_SATELLITE_MAP"]Tonga[/googlemap] From the Times Online…. Scientists are on their way to the site of a large undersea volcano that has been erupting for days near Tonga, sending columns of smoke and ash thousands of feet into the sky above the Pacific Ocean. The spectacular plumes are erupting from the . . . → Read More: Submarine Volcano Erupts Off Tonga
By Kevin Zelnio, on February 21st, 2009 5 comments Expeditions, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls Antarctica, Expedition, Volcano A recent expedition to the antarctic undersea volcanoes has recently returned. They are sharing some of their highlights in a video. The cruise looked both amazing and brutal at times! Watching it makes me twitch though. I’m longing to be out on the open sea once more. Thanks for Dr. Copley and the rest of . . . → Read More: Underwater Volcanoes in Antarctica
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