NOAA Vents Program
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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The Vents Program conducts research on the impacts and consequences of submarine volcanoes and hydrothermal venting on the global ocean.
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InterRidge
Organization: InterRidge
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InterRidge promotes interdisciplinary, international studies of oceanic spreading centers through scientific exchange and the sharing of new technologies and facilities among international partners. InterRidge is dedicated to sharing knowledge amongst the public, scientists and governments and to provide a unified voice for ocean ridge researchers worldwide. InterRidge also maintains the Global Database of Active Hydrothermal Vent Fields.
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NEPTUNE Canada
Organization: NEPTUNE Canada
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NEPTUNE Canada is the world's first regional-scale underwater ocean observatory network that plugs directly into the Internet. People everywhere can 'surf the seafloor,' while ocean scientists run deep-water experiments from labs and universities anywhere around the world.
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ChEss (Chemosynthetic Ecosystem Science)
Organization: ChEss project of the Census of Marine Life
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ChEss (Chemosynthetic Ecosystem Science) is a field project of the Census of Marine Life programme (CoML). The main aim of ChEss is to determine the biogeography of deep-water chemosynthetic ecosystems at a global scale and to understand the processes driving these ecosystems. ChEss addresses the main questions of CoML on diversity, abundance and distribution of marine species, focusing on deep-water reducing environments such as hydrothermal vents and cold seeps. You can also access a World Tour of vents and seeps by downloading a Google Earth file from the ChEss website.
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