A summer cruise way off the coast of Oregon netted a group of scientists two sites for a proposed underwater sea lab. The cables for the network have to be laid in places that won’t be destroyed or disrupted. And, they made a few new discoveries along the way.
Scientists have finalized the locations of two observatory sites, or nodes, for the Regional Scale Nodes Project.
The site at Hydrate Ridge gives them a chance to learn more about icy, energy-rich methane deposits and the life found there.
On the other side of the Juan de Fuca Plate, a site was selected on Axial Volcano to study the volcanism, hydrothermal venting and other processes there.
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