Exploring the deep -The annual childrens' christmas demonstration lecture

The Childrens' Christmas Demonstration Lecture explores the excitement of scientific discovery for all ages.

Immense pressure, near-freezing temperatures, no light -- the ocean floor is an alien and hostile world. But despite this, the seabed is literally teeming with unusual life that thrives on the products of seafloor volcanic eruptions.

This lecture will demonstrate how advances in technology have revealed some intriguing pictures of these seascapes. It will examine the variety of volcanic activity in the deep ocean -- from the gentle eruptions at mid-ocean ridges to the highly explosive eruptions at subduction zones. It will showcase some of the latest images and facts from our mapping and sampling of this hidden world, and also speculate on what remains to be explored.

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