<ul><li>A recent research voyage aimed to study the underwater effects of volcanoes in the Patagonian Sea near the site of the 2008 Chaitén eruption.</li><li>The researchers mapped the seafloor, finding massive dunes shaped by strong currents and collected sediments reaching back 15,000 years.</li><li>They also located ash from the 2008 eruption over 24 kilometers from the volcano.</li><li>The data collected will help understand how the recent eruption and older eruptions have affected the marine environment in the area.</li></ul>

The Underwater Effects of Volcanoes

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