Lukas VFN 🇪🇺The Borealis Mud Volcano: A hidden sanctuary for marine biodiversity https://phys.org/news/2025-01-borealis-mud-volcano-hidden-sanctuary.html
Sanctuary for vulnerable #Arctic species at the Borealis Mud Volcano: Giuliana Panieri et al. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-55712-x
"the carbonate crusts that characterized Borealis provide a suitably hard substrate for species of #anemones, #serpulids, #demosponges, and sparse #octocorals."
The Borealis Mud Volcano: A hidden sanctuary for marine biodiversity
The underwater volcano Borealis Mud Volcano is located in the Barents Sea and was first discovered by researchers at UiT The Arctic University of Norway in 2023. The discovery received a lot of attention, and images of the volcano circulated around the world.