If you dive into the frigid Arctic water of a fjord called Eyjafjörður off the northern coast of Iceland, you’ll discover something out of a Jules Verne novel: towering white hydrothermal vents, some towering hundreds of feet from the seafloor.
By producing a steady flow of warm freshwater and food for sea creatures, the vents create a rare underwater oasis that supports dense marine life — including cod, kelp, and all manner of invertebrates — in the otherwise harsh Arctic environment, said Mark Patterson, professor of marine and environmental sciences and civil and environmental engineering at Northeastern.
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