Stories about Jill McDermott

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Scientists Find Five New Hydrothermal Vents in Pacific Ocean

Jill McDermott, director of the Lehigh Oceans Research Center, leads team.

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Lehigh Oceans Research Center Holds Inaugural Symposium

The College of Arts and Sciences launches a new research center that focuses on the field of ocean science.

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Off-Axis High-Temperature Hydrothermal Field Discovered at East Pacific Rise

Spearheaded by the McDermott lab at Lehigh, the research demonstrates there are more hydrothermal vents in the deep-sea than previously thought and underscores a need for bathymetric mapping to locate them.