The East Pacific Rise This broad, 8,000-mile-long bulge in the crust of the earth differs in many ways from the rest of the ocean bottom. It may be the result of huge convection currents in the ...
In the next 30 years, Pacific Island nations such as Tuvalu, Kiribati, and Fiji will experience at least 8 inches (15 ...
The groundbreaking new discoveries were made in fluid-filled cavities nestled between two converging crusts in the East Pacific Rise hydrothermal vent field. The team of researchers, led by the ...