Marine scientists discover deepest undersea erupting volcano

Thursday, December 17, 2009 - 18:07 in Earth & Climate

Scientists funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and NOAA have recorded the deepest erupting volcano yet discovered--West Mata Volcano--describing high-definition video of the undersea eruption as "spectacular." "For the first time we have been able to examine, up close, the way ocean islands and submarine volcanoes are born," said Barbara Ransom, program director in NSF's Divisio ...

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