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Carrie Bow Cay field station sits in the blue and turquoise waters of Belize.
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Tracking volcanic rock to the shores of Belize

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Red and white riftia worms living in a deep-sea vent.
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Riftia Worms: One Species at a Time

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An archaeologist arranges a deep-sea core.
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Sediment Cores

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Geophysicist Jian Lin of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution studied the earthquake site that triggered 2004’s Indian Ocean tsunami. New tools to map seafloor earthquakes—like this robotic Autonomous Benthic Explorer—enhance our understanding of catastrophic events, such as the tsunami.
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Seafloor Earthquakes Study

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This Japanese research ship drills into the ocean floor to learn about Earth’s history and structure.
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Deep Sea Drilling Vessel Chikyu

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The New England Seamount Chain is the longest in the North Atlantic Ocean and includes peaks of more than 30 extinct volcanoes.
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Map of New England Seamount Chain

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A white coral (Corallium sp.) and two vase sponges (left) grow on an Atlantic Ocean seamount.
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Balanus Seamount

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A variety of corals cling to Manning Seamount, just off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
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Manning Seamount Deep Coral Community

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The deepest point on earth is the Mariana Trench.
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Mariana Trench

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A photo of an arid ocean cliff in Chile's Atacama Desert with the ocean below.
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Exploring Chile's Marine Fossil Record in the Atacama Desert

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A diagram of the different soil layers located at Hare Harbor, Quebec in 2008. Wood chips were located at the deepest layer, then whale bone, then codfish bones.
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Underwater Archaeological Stratigraphy

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Black coral, primnoid coral, and feather stars flourish deep on the pristine Davidson Seamount.
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Diverse Deep-Sea Coral Community

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