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Southern Hydrate Ridge PN1B Pano Image

Cabled infrastructure now installed at Southern Hydrate Ridge providing real-time data to shore. The main focus site is called 'Enstein's Grotto, a site where vigorous venting of methane bubbles rise several hundred meters above the seafloor. Credit: University of Washington.

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October 31, 2014

Southern Hydrate Ridge PN1B

A variety of sensors will be deployed on the RSN cabled network in 2013 to investigate the dynamic environment of methane seeps, gas hydrate formation, and associated biological communities. The instruments include seismometers to detect earthquake, fluid flow sensors, digitial still cameras, and a mass spectrometer for quanitfication of gas compositions.

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August 27, 2012