Previously Unknown Gas Seeps Discovered along Aleutian Trench
![Three-dimensional-modeled multibeam bathymetry data with the gas seep bubbles detected near the Aleutian Trench during the Seascape Alaska 1: Aleutians Deepwater Mapping expedition depicted as pixels extending from the middle of the model. (Image courtesy of NOAA Ocean Exploration; 3D model produced by Amanda Bittinger, Sunset Hydrographics.) Previously Unknown Gas Seeps Discovered along Aleutian Trench](https://alaska-native-news.com/wp-content/uploads/image2023-05-17-2-701x433.jpg)
Seeps can provide habitat, alternative energy and drug therapies A NOAA Ocean Exploration-led team has discovered what appears to be evidence of a large gas seep at a depth of nearly 1.4 miles (2,300 meters) along the Aleutian Trench. The discovery was found in data collected during the Seascape Alaska 1: Aleutians Deepwater Mapping expedition […]