New discoveries are made every other day. One of the latest and more interesting discoveries made recently is this underwater volcano recently discovered in the Barents Sea. This remarkable discovery was made by the officials of The Arctic University of Norway. This volcano is a mud volcano and it is active. This discovery is huge as its emissions will provide new insight into geology and earth science. Scientists couldn’t be more thrilled by this discovery.
Underwater Volcano Discovered In Barents Sea
In an exciting new discovery for geologists and earth scientists worldwide, an active mud volcano was recently discovered in the Barents Sea near Norway. The volcano was discovered 70 nautical miles south of Bear Islands. This particular volcano is seven metres in diameter and 2.5 metres high.
This mud volcano is continuously spewing out water, other fluids as well as gasses like methane. This emission will contain important insight for earth science. This marvellous geological phenomenon was discovered by a submersible research vessel called Kronprins Haakon along with a piloted submersible ROV Aurora.
This entire expedition was spearheaded by Professor Giuliani Panieri. She said that seeing such a phenomenon in real-time reminded her that the planet Earth is still alive. The spew contains important information about the earth’s geological history and will be a source of new knowledge.
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Spewing Methane-Rich Gas And Other Sediments
This particular volcano is the second underwater volcano that has been discovered in Norwegian waters. Prior to this one, an underwater volcano was discovered in the year 1995, which is more than two decades ago.
The volcano is now named The Borealis Mud Volcano. The volcano is most likely a result of a massive natural blowout. It is located inside a crater that is 300 metres wide and 25 metres deep. Professor Guiliani also mentioned that this might not be the only underwater volcano in the area. It is likely that there might be other underwater volcanoes as well.
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