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Ocean Encounters: Volcanoes

Volcanoes make headlines when they erupt, yet the vast majority of Earth’s volcanic activity happens far from view on the seafloor. Join us to find out more about volcanoes, what we are learning from them, and how they impact our ocean planet.

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Wild horses and seals co-mingle on Sable Island, Nova Scotia. (Photo by Michelle Shero, taken under permits DFO 23-28A and NMFS 25794
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
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A new study by WHOI researchers and international partners incorporates very high resolution satellite imagery with field surveys and long term date to provide the first multi-year time series documenting emperor penguins global population trends. (Photo by: Sara Labrousse)
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A CGI rendering of <em>Eurythenes plasticus</em> (bottom right), the deepest discovered species with microplastic in its system, as a deep-sea submersible approaches. (Photo courtesy of © WWF)
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