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An example plot of the real-time data streaming in from the in situ mass spectrometer. Scientists will use this data to better understand the role that hydrocarbon gases — such as methane, ethane, butane and propane as well as hydrogen sulfide — play in determining which animal communities inhabit seep areas. Image courtesy of Peter Girguis, Harvard University.

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