Charting the volcanic eruptions that are pushing our world apart
(Photo: NOAA.gov)

At the bottom of the sea, Colin Devey studies how our continents move away (and toward) each other. Illustration by Riccardo Vecchio Age: 55. Affiliation: GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research in Kiel, Germany. Specialty: Geologist, seafloor volcanoes Colin Devey launched his deep-dive career on land, studying a 66-million-year-old lava flow that once covered half of…