Listen to a NOAA podcast on the GalAPAGoS: Where Ridge Meets Hotspot expedition, where scientists for the first time found black chimney smokers and explored undersea volcanoes. Audio courtesy of UCSB, Univ. S. Carolina, NOAA, WHOI.

Submarine Ring of Fire 2006 (audio)

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