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For oceanographers, this is more than a philosophical problem. Earthquakes and eruptions take place all of the time along the vast mid-ocean ridge system. However the chances that an oceanographer can be at the right place at the right time to witness an eruption or even find evidence of a recent eruption are remote. Now it is possible to hear seafloor eruptions without having to be there. Marine seismologist Maya Tolstoy and her colleagues are using underwater microphones called hydrophones to listen for earthquakes and eruptions and then pinpoint their locations.