The disappearance of a tectonic plate into Earth’s interior may be responsible for the distinctive bend in the chain of underwater mountains and islands that includes the Hawaiian archipelago. A ...
Some 1,400 kilometers off the coast of Chile, rare deep-sea creatures drift along a garden of sponges and corals that grow along the flanks of a 3,100-meter-tall undersea mountain. A monthlong survey ...
The South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO) is an intergovernmental body that regulates fishing across the vast international waters of the South Pacific Ocean. At a meeting ...
The islands of Fiji and Vanuatu rise from the tropical waters of the South Pacific in one of the most tectonically active and geologically complex regions of the world. A new study of volcanism in ...
Discover over 100 new species in Chile's underwater mountains, including dumbo octopuses and glass sponges, in a ...
Naoki Saito, a researcher at the Integrated Research Center for Nature Positive Technology of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) (and who is also affiliated ...
A seamount, taller than previously believed. Unknown species and unexplored marine landscapes. The Pacific abyss conceals many secrets, and a scientific mission ventured into these depths to uncover ...
If there was a mountain in your backyard with no name, how long do you think it would stay that way? Not very long. Some intrepid explorer would climb it, map it, and name it. In the ocean, though, ...
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