Seafloor Carbon (IMAGE)

University of Delaware

Seafloor Carbon

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Alvin, the undersea research vehicle, has a robotic arm that deploys a hydraulic fluid sampling device with a "snorkel" that sticks into the black smoker fluid. The operation helps researchers look for old carbon and graphite.

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Photo courtesy of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the Advanced Imaging and Visualization Lab

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