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NeMO studies the dynamic interactions between submarine volcanic activity and seafloor hotsprings at an observatory, Axial seamount. A volcanic eruption occured at Axial in January 1998, destroying some hydrothermal vent sites and creating new ones. Since then NeMO scientists have been assessing the impact of the eruption and documenting the on-going changes in Axial's summit caldera.
or download the NeMO 2007 Cruise report (8mb pdf) Dive! web site with interactive dives to the seafloor National Public Radio report on unique microbes at Axial New Discoveries in Deep-Sea Biodiversity |
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Program Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory Hatfield Marine Science Center 2115 SE Oregon State University Way Newport, OR 97365 |
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