Pythia's Oasis is a cold seep on the ocean floor about 80 kilometers off the coast of Newport, Oregon, marked by a focused stream of highly altered fluid roughly 9 degrees Celsius above the surrounding ocean's background temperature. Early results indicate the seep has sustained elevated flow rates for about 1,500 years. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Pythia's Oasis is a cold seep on the ocean floor 50 miles (80 km) off the coast of Newport, Oregon, United States (44°29′00″N 125°4′00″W), characterized by a focused stream of highly altered fluid that is approximately 9 °C (16 °F) above normal ocean background temperature.
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Pythia's Oasis is a cold seep on the ocean floor 50 miles (80 km) off the coast of Newport, Oregon, United States (44°29′00″N 125°4′00″W), characterized by a focused stream of highly altered fluid that is approximately 9 °C (16 °F) above normal ocean background temperature
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