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In 2015, swelling around the seamount happened a few months after experts began monitoring the site.
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Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2025
Now, with the seamount's surface rising to 95 percent of its pre-2015 eruption level, researchers anticipate a new eruption within the next two years.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
Under chemical analysis, scientists were able to reconstruct past environmental changes like ocean temperature shifts and the eruptions of underwater seamounts, which left their marks on the ancient sponge.
—Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
Protecting underwater mountains, called seamounts, would contribute greatly to conservation efforts.
—Ashley Balzer Vigil, Discover Magazine, 10 Sep. 2024
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Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2025
Now, with the seamount's surface rising to 95 percent of its pre-2015 eruption level, researchers anticipate a new eruption within the next two years.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
Under chemical analysis, scientists were able to reconstruct past environmental changes like ocean temperature shifts and the eruptions of underwater seamounts, which left their marks on the ancient sponge.
—Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
Protecting underwater mountains, called seamounts, would contribute greatly to conservation efforts.
—Ashley Balzer Vigil, Discover Magazine, 10 Sep. 2024
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“Seamount.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seamount. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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seamount
noun
sea·mount
ˈsē-ˌmau̇nt 
: a submarine mountain
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