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Two hot zones near Earth's core may fuel volcanoes beneath oceans

The ocean covers around 70% of the Earth's surface, but large parts of the seafloor remain largely unexplored.

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The ocean covers around 70% of the Earth's surface, but large parts of the seafloor remain largely unexplored. "The deep oceans and the life they host are still something we know surprisingly little about," says Clint Conrad, a professor at the Department of Geosciences at the University of Oslo.

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