The towering spires of carbonate rock found in the field were formed by a geological reaction known as serpentinization, ...

The mid-Atlantic ridge, seen in deep orange, on a NASA Earth Observatory bathymetry map. NASA Earth Observatory maps by Joshua Stevens, using data from Sandwell, D. et al. (2014) ...

Beneath the Atlantic Ocean, scientists are doing new research on the Hydrothermal Field, an undersea world that may hold the ...

The mid-ocean ridge is the longest mountain range in the world and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge portion of the range spans the north-south length of the Atlantic Ocean. It also stretches a staggering ...

The Mid-Atlantic Ridge and A New Age of Geology As Tharp began assembling the data into a coherent image of the ocean floor, ...

Similar openings on the sea floor were first spotted 18 years ago along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Their origins remain unknown. Scientists are asking the public for their thoughts.

A high-temperature hydrothermal vent field discovered on Puy des Folles Seamount on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge at approximately 6,562 feet in depth. Schmidt Ocean Institute Thousands of feet beneath ...

“This project aims to measure the chemical characteristics of basalts -- the dominant volcanic rock produced along mid-ocean ridges -- collected from the planet’s largest extent of mid-ocean ridge, ...

Scientists in an expedition to the Mid-Atlantic ocean ridge lifted almost a mile of precious rocks from beneath an exotic feature linked to life’s possible beginning. By William J. Broad ...

They say the mission will yield data to understand the diversity and extent of deep-sea coral and sponge communities along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Azores Plateau, and Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone.

Enhanced spreading at the Mid-Atlantic Ocean Ridge due to ice melting from Greenland may have contributed to that fiery past—allowing more magma to rise to the surface, fueling the eruption of ...