UW Scientists Discover New Hydrothermal Vents in the Pacific Ocean

Two University of Wyoming researchers led a voyage to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean and discovered five previously unknown active hydrothermal vents and a completely new vent site.

Read the UW news release here.

Read more about the research cruise.

Photo courtesy of Mike Cheadle, Univ. of Wyoming/NSF/ROV Jason 2017 © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution