Underwater volcano explodes in the Pacific!

For the last seven years, scientists have eagerly awaited a volcanic eruption at a mid-ocean ridge in the Pacific. On April 29, 2025, they got lucky!

Find out what they saw through the portholes of Alvin– and why it’s so important – https://www.whoi.edu/press-room/news-release/scientists-in-alvin-witness-seafloor-eruption-on-the-east-pacific-rise/

Courtesy of Andrew Wozniak, University of Delaware (CEOE) © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

This project is funded by the National Science Foundation (OCE-2148471, University of Delaware; and OCE-2147634, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)