A 'hydrothermal siphon' drives water circulation through the seafloor

Friday, June 26, 2015 - 04:00 in Earth & Climate

Vast quantities of ocean water circulate through the seafloor, flowing through the volcanic rock of the upper oceanic crust. A new study by scientists at UC Santa Cruz, published June 26 in Nature Communications, explains what drives this global process and how the flow is sustained.

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