Deep seafloor hydrothermal vent communities buried by volcanic ash from the 2022 Hunga eruption

Abstract Mass mortality of marine animals due to volcanic ash deposition is present in the fossil record but has rarely been documented in real time. Here, using remotely-operated vehicle video footage and analysis of ash collected at the seafloor, we describe the devastating effect of the record-br...

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Published in:	Communications Earth & Environment
Main Authors:	Roxanne A. Beinart, Shawn M. Arellano, Marcus Chaknova, Jasper Meagher, Andrew J. Davies, Joseph Lopresti, Emily J. Cowell, Melissa Betters, Tanika M. Ladd, Caitlin Q. Plowman, Lauren N. Rice, Dexter Davis, Maia Heffernan, Vanessa Jimenez, Tessa Beaver, Johann Becker, Sebastien Bergen, Livia Brunner, Avery Calhoun, Michelle Hauer, Aubrey Taradash, Thomas Giachetti, Craig M. Young
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Nature Portfolio 2024-05-01
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01411-w

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