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The New England Seamount Chain is the longest in the North Atlantic Ocean and includes peaks of more than 30 extinct volcanoes.
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Map of New England Seamount Chain

The New England Seamount Chain is the longest in the North Atlantic Ocean. It...
Geologist Charles Paull (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute) investigates geologic features similar to pingos on the Arctic Ocean floor where methane bubbles through sediments and forms hundreds of low hills. On land, a pingo is a place where permafrost bulges beneath a dried lake bed like this one in northern Canada.
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Ocean “Pingos”

Geologist Charles Paull (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute) investigates...

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