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Last month, RPI researchers were the first to ever collect data during an underwater eruption on the Mid Ocean Ridge System. They happened to be on site to gather data from hydrothermal vents.

Beneath the Atlantic's dark depths lies a real-life "Lost City", a mysterious underwater world of towering structures that could unlock the secrets of life's origins on Earth.

In the depths of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, underwater volcanoes spew material into the ocean water. Vents that connect underground rifts to the surface release billowing clouds of black deposits of ...

Screengrab from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute's Youtube video In the depths of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, underwater volcanoes spew material into the ocean water.