China has approved the construction of a deep-sea research facility in the South China Sea to support marine exploration. The ...

Cold seeps, located along the Sonora Margin transform fault in the Guaymas Basin, were extensively explored during the ‘BIG’ cruise in June 2010. They present a seafloor mosaic pattern ...

These floods of hydrocarbon-rich fluid and gas are in contrast to hydrothermal vents, and as their name suggests, these areas remain just as cold as their surroundings. Multiple cold seeps have ...