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Benthic invertebrates captured in a bottom trawl
Date published: June 22, 2019

WaterWords–Benthic Zone

Keep up to speed with our Falkor research cruise with this latest seafloor syntax!

Attribution: Ecosystems, Natural Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Environments Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Image shows a woman in a laboratory holding a blow torch
Date published: June 21, 2019

Unexpected Pathways

We've learned about the creatures, the bubbles, and the rocks of the seeps. Now, let's take a look at the gas itself, and a few unexpected surprises await us.

Attribution: Ecosystems, Natural Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Environments Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Image shows a 3D rendering of an undersea mount
Date published: June 21, 2019

WaterWords–Bathymetry

Keep up to speed with our Falkor research cruise with this latest seafloor syntax!

Attribution: Ecosystems, Natural Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Environments Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Image shows two women in a laboratory handling a rock sample
Date published: June 19, 2019

Source of the Seeps

BGS Scientist Diana Sahy and USGS Scientist Nancy Prouty give us the low-down on where these rocks we've been seeing are coming from and, in the process, reveal where the seeps themselves originate.

Attribution: Ecosystems, Natural Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Environments Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Image shows a bunch of tube worms in the deep ocean
Date published: June 19, 2019

WaterWords–Chemoherm

Keep up to speed with our Falkor research cruise with this latest seafloor syntax!

Attribution: Natural Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Environments Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Mineral-laden water emerging from a hydrothermal vent
Date published: June 18, 2019

WaterWords–Hydrothermal Vent

Keep up to speed with our Falkor research cruise with this latest seafloor syntax!

Attribution: Ecosystems, Natural Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Environments Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Image shows a bathymetric map of the continental margin of the US Atlantic Coast
Date published: June 17, 2019

WaterWords–Continental Margin

Keep up to speed with our Falkor research cruise with this latest seafloor syntax!

Attribution: Ecosystems, Natural Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Environments Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Image shows two men in hard hats examining an ROV
Date published: June 16, 2019

The Secret Life of Bubbles

GEOMAR experts Jens Greinert and Tim Weiss provide a more complete picture of undersea bubbles than you ever thought possible.

Attribution: Ecosystems, Natural Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Environments Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Image shows a woman's hands in gloves handling a seafloor sample
Date published: June 16, 2019

WaterWords–Methanotroph

Keep up to speed with our Falkor research cruise with this latest seafloor syntax!

Attribution: Ecosystems, Natural Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Environments Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Image shows marsh gas bubbling up from below
Date published: June 15, 2019

WaterWords–Methanogen

Keep up to speed with our Falkor research cruise with this latest seafloor syntax!

Attribution: Ecosystems, Natural Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Environments Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Image shows two women in a lab analyzing samples
Date published: June 14, 2019

Spinning a Food Web Nearly Three Thousand Feet Underwater

USGS Scientists Jennie McClain-Counts and Amanda Demopoulos explain how this cruise will shed light on the relationships between living things thousands of feet beneath the ocean’s surface.

Attribution: Ecosystems, Natural Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Environments Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
vast field of mussels on Atlantic seafloor
Date published: June 14, 2019

WaterWords–Methanogenesis

Keep up to speed with our Falkor research cruise with this latest seafloor science syntax!

Attribution: Ecosystems, Natural Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Environments Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center