Vents conducts research on the impacts and consequences of submarine volcanoes and hydrothermal venting on the global ocean.

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Underwater Volcano Eruption Caught on Camera
Discovery Channel
(6/12/2008)

Earthquake swarm at North Gorda
(4/23/2008)

Oregon Offshore Earthquakes
600+ quakes in 10 days
(4/14/2008)

Antarctic Research
OPB Oregon Field Guide
(2/12/2008)

Listen to Climate Change
Oregonian
(1/7/2008)

Long-term eruptive activity at a submarine arc volcano
Nature
(5/24/06)

Vents multimedia web outlet

DIVE!
Interactive dives to an active submarine volcano (6/8/05)

Hydrophone Data of the EPR and North Atlantic now available. (5/13/03)

Seismic Activity:
Gorda-Blanco-S. JdF Event
(July 2007)
Gorda Ridge Event
(3/7/05)
Endeavour Ridge Event &
Event Response Cruise
(2/27/05)

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Map of April 2008 earthquake swam. (click for full story.)

Sounds of the Southern Ocean
Nov. 20-Dec. 13, 2006 -First attempt of deep-water ROV survey of hydrothermal vents and ecosystems in Antarctica. Hydrophones record sounds generated by moving ice sheets, undersea earthquakes and volcanoes; vocalizations from large baleen whales.
2008: Listen to climate change (Oregonian 1/6/08)
2006: Oregon Sea Grant Site
2005: Oregon Sea Grant Site | NOAA Ocean Explorer Site
Earth & Sky radio broadcast: A symphony of underwater sounds in Antarctica

Tectonic Plates Slowly Moving
Vents scientists have discovered that the seafloor off the Pacific Northwest is a jumping kind of place, with thousands of small, swarming earthquakes and tectonic plates that are slowly rearranging themselves. The findings could mean that a "Big One" earthquake may not be as severe...Science Daily 4/17/06

2006 Submarine Ring of Fire: Mariana Arc
April 2006- The 2006 expedition is the third in a series of explorations of the submarine volcanoes lying along the Mariana Arc, extending from south of the island of Guam northward more than 800 nautical miles (1450 km)

Listen to Blue Whale sounds (52 Hz whale)

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