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News Update - August 15, 2012
Stay up-to-date on developments aboard E/V Nautilus. The team is almost midway through a 22-mile long transect of the Eratosthenes seamount, South of Cyprus. We've found a few sinkholes: evidence of a time when the seamount was above sea level!
Expedition
Eratosthenes Seamount
Nautilus was diving at the Eratosthenes Seamount in search of signs indicating active hydrothermal vents, where warm chemical-rich water is seeping out of the seafloor, and the exotic animals that live on them. While searching for evidence of geological and biological activity, we came across both modern and ancient garbage.
