Vents conducts research on the impacts and consequences of submarine volcanoes and hydrothermal venting on the global ocean.

Browse Vents Sites:

Today @Vents:
Videos/Images from W.Mata Eruption:
Presented at 2009 Fall AGU conference
Lau Basin Multimedia Outlet
Official NOAA Press Release:
Scientists Discover and Image Explosive Deep-Ocean Volcano
(12/17/2009)

NOAA Expedition Hears Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales off Greenland NOAA News
(5/20/2009)

Lau Eruption Confirmed!
(5/6/2009)

NW Rota-1 Eruption/Expedition National Science Foundation Press Release
(5/6/2009)

Global compilation of hydrothermal vent locations
(4/28/2009)

Underwater Volcano Eruption Caught on Camera
Discovery Channel
(6/12/2008)

Earthquake swarm at North Gorda
(4/23/2008)

Oregon Offshore Earthquakes
600+ quakes in 10 days
(4/14/2008)

Antarctic Research
OPB Oregon Field Guide
(2/12/2008)

Vents multimedia web outlet

DIVE!
Interactive dives to an active submarine volcano (6/8/05)

Hydrophone Data of the EPR and North Atlantic now available. (5/13/03)

Seismic Activity:
Gorda-Blanco-S. JdF Event
(July 2007)
Gorda Ridge Event
(3/7/05)
Endeavour Ridge Event &
Event Response Cruise
(2/27/05)

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News:

Eruption captured on video. (click for video/images to download)

Scientists Discover and Image Explosive Deep-Ocean Volcano
(12/17/2009)
2009 Lau Basin Eruption Exploration Expedition blog
(May 5-13, 2009)
Videos and Images to download (12/17/2009)

In November 2008, the Vents program discovered two on-going eruptions in this area, one at W. Mata Volcano and the other on the NE Lau spreading center (NELSC). This expedition explores the sites of these two eruptions aboard the R/V Thompson using the ROV JASON.
2008 Expedition to Lau Basin website
Eruption confirmed! (View website posting)
Undersea Volcanic Eruptions Spotted in Action
(Discovery News 6/5/2009)

Map of April 2008 earthquake swam. (click for full story.)

Oregon Offshore Earthquakes
Update October 2009
Results of NOAA Vents response expedition investigating earthquake swarms on Juan de Fuca plate and the Northern Gorda Ridge, offshore Oregon.
Oregonian:
Previously unknown fault caused earthquake swarm off Oregon's coast
10/26/09
Oregon Public Broadcasting:
Researchers Explain Recent Coastal Earthquake Swarms
10/26/09

Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales off Greenland
May 20, 2009
Vents Program scientists recorded the distinctive calls of endangered North Atlantic right whales in an area where it was believed that the historic resident population was hunted to extinction in the early 20th century. Besides providing a better understanding of the whales, the discovery has implications for future shipping in the region.
NOAA News
Vents Bioacoustics Program

Global Hydrothermal Vent Locations
April 28, 2009
A compilation identifying more than 350 hydrothermal discharge locations isavailable for download. The data set is a compilation of sites confirmed visually (“vent”) or inferred from water column measurements (“plume”). The sites are segregated into Midocean Ridge, Backarc Basin, Volcanic Arc, and Hotspot provinces. (website)

2009 Mariana Arc Expedition
April 3-17, 2009
This expedition focused on NW Rota-1, the only known actively erupting undersea volcano.  Dives with the ROV Jason made observations of the activity, collected samples, and deployed instruments that will monitor the activity over the next year.
Vents Program Marianas website

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