Every year a valley floods in Austria and creates a dive site called "The Green Lake." Underwater videographer Alexander Benedik was their to capture the spectacular event and made this...
An in depth look at Dr. Chris German's science as he discusses what is found around deep sea vents and seeps in part 2 of Rick Morris's short film, Chess Game.
Dr. Chris German of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute discusses his research to find deep ocean vents and seeps in part 1 of Chess Game a movie by DPG video editor Rick Morris
Methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is emitted in great quantities as bubbles from seeps on the ocean floor near Santa Barbara. About half of these bubbles dissolve into the ocean, but until now...
New deep-sea images disprove doctrine
Thousands of white crabs grazing on an extensive mussel bed: Up to now such high biomasses in the deep sea were only known from hot vents. Now scientists...
This expedition represents a unique collaboration between the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Institute for Exploration (IFE), Immersion Presents, the University of...
An international team led by scientists from the United States and New Zealand have observed, for the first time, the bizarre deep-sea communities living around methane seeps off New Zealand's east...
The unusual mollusks of oceanic cold seeps--strange clams, mussels and sea snails that thrive in the sulfur and methane-rich environments--are on average older than the marine mollusk community as...