Daniel Lizarralde
Fresh Water Below the Seafloor?
Using a new method to distinguish fresh water from oil or salt water, scientists are exploring beneath the continental shelf off New England to look for large pockets of trapped fresh water. This water may be continually filling from groundwater flowing from land or, alternatively, may have been left behind by ice ages glaciers.
Seismic Studies Capture Whale Calls
In November 2012, the California Coastal Commission met to consider a request by Pacific Gas and Electric to study a geologic fault that runs along the central California coast just 300 meters from the Diablo […]
Deep-sea Detectives
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Mid-Ocean Ridges—Articles, illustrations, and video showing how new seafloor crust forms
Mapping the Seafloor with Multibeam Sonar
Profile of Marshall Swartz
Deep-sea Detectives
Links to related materials
Mid-Ocean Ridges—Articles, illustrations, and video showing how new seafloor crust forms
Mapping the Seafloor with Multibeam Sonar
Profile of Marshall Swartz
Basic Sea Cable Gets a High-tech Upgrade
In April, when the Deepwater Horizon petroleum drilling rig exploded and oil began gushing from a drill hole almost a mile deep in the Gulf of Mexico, scientists and engineers scrambled to figure out where […]
Some Things New Under the Sea
New microbe species discovered
In the quest to explore the remarkable diversity of microbial life on Earth, a German-American team of scientists has discovered seafloor bacteria that can “eat” natural gases such as ethane, propane, and […]