Cold seeps release methane, petroleum, carbon dioxide or hydrogen sulfide, while high-temperature seeps – known as hydrothermal vents or hot springs – are associated with underwater volcanoes ...

Researchers discovered methane-eating sea spiders in deep underwater ecosystems off Southern California, highlighting unique adaptations to methane seeps and their ecological significance.

In a fascinating find beneath the waves of the Barents Sea, researchers have discovered anunderwater mud volcano dating back ...

The Lasuen Knoll methane seep off the coast of Southern California as photographed in 2021. Credit: Schmidt Ocean Institute “These seeps host an amazing array of microbial processes that we are still ...

But where seeps and vents are found, chemicals and minerals from them interact with underwater bacteria that become microbial food. It’s a process called chemosynthesis and it creates the bottom ...

Researchers will also be using the autonomous underwater vehicles, Orpheus and Eurydice, to map and explore known methane seeps sites along the Aleutian/Alaskan margin.

Seafloor dwellers must survive the crushing, near-freezing conditions found deep in the ocean. This sea cucumber (nicknamed the “sea pig”) was seen gently drifting more than 9,000 feet underwater.

The research facility of cold-seep ecosystem, ... This ensures that scientists stationed underwater can work in a relatively comfortable environment for up to 30 days," Li told the Global Times.

In 2022, researchers from China used a remotely operated vehicle, an underwater robot, to take a closer look at the Haima Cold Seep — and look for new species. That’s when they found Yoldiella ...

Goffredi and other researchers were tasked with exploring ecosystems surrounding methane seeps, an underwater area where methane gas emerges from below the ocean floor and bubbles out into the ocean.

The Pythia’s Oasis seep – which has a unique chemistry and behavior – is a messenger from the depths giving scientists unprecedented insights into what’s happening two miles under the ...