While exploring the Moytirra Vent Field, to gain a better understanding of deepwater areas around the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, the NOAA examined extinct areas around the vent site for most of the dive.

Spanning the north-south length of the Atlantic Ocean for around 10,000 miles, the Mid-Atlantic Ridge is the longest mountain range in the world yet it remains largely unexplored.

The ROV carries sensors and cameras, and is recording everything it finds on the seafloor along sections of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge—one of the largest geological features on Earth.

Scientist exploring a submerged volcano in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge stumbled onto something they can’t yet explain: A series of holes into the ocean floor.

Scientists exploring a submerged mountain range in the mid-Atlantic stumbled onto something they can’t explain: An organized series of holes punched in the floor of the Atlantic Ocean.

Scientists find mysterious ‘perfectly aligned’ holes on Atlantic ocean floor that look human-made NOAA Ocean Exploration, the US’s federal organisation studying oceans, has invited public to ...

Similar openings on the sea floor were first spotted 18 years ago along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Their origins remain unknown. Scientists are asking the public for their thoughts.

Deep beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, scientists have uncovered an extraordinary undersea world that may hold the key to understanding how life began on Earth. The discovery of the Lost City ...

A high-temperature hydrothermal vent field discovered on Puy des Folles Seamount on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge at approximately 6,562 feet in depth. Schmidt Ocean Institute Thousands of feet beneath ...

The Mid-Atlantic Ridge stretches 10,000 miles from north to south, and is considered “the longest mountain range in the world and one of the most prominent geological features on Earth,” NOAA ...

Scientists exploring a submerged mountain range stumbled onto something they can’t explain: an organized series of holes punched in the floor of the Atlantic Ocean.