Researchers discover 300 novel microbes living near the blazing hot jets of an underwater volcano near New Zealand Source: https://www.livescience.com/extreme-microbes-underwater-volcano.html
Tag: underwater volcano
How volcanoes explode deep under the ocean
Explosive volcanic eruptions are possible deep down in the sea – although the water masses exert enormous pressure there. An international team reports how this can happen. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/how-volcanoes-explode-erupt-deep-under-the-ocean…
Underwater Volcano Creates Bubbles More Than a Quarter-Mile Across
In the early 20th century, sailors near Alaska reported seeing black bubbles seeming to boil out from the sea. They weren’t wrong. Source: https://www.livescience.com/giant-bubbles-underwater-volcano.html
Volcanic eruption creates moveable islands of pumice
Last month, rafts of pumice, spewed from an undersea volcano and spanning an area about the size of Washington, D.C., appeared in the South Pacific. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/pumice-islands-volcanic-eruption…
New 60-Mile Pumice Raft Could Help Restore Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
“A huge raft of pumice created by an underwater volcano is floating toward Australia, and it could help the Great Barrier Reef recover from bleaching,” reports Weather.com: The pumice raft is about 60 square miles — almost as big as Washington D.C. Scientists say it was formed earlier this month by an underwater volcano near Tonga, some 2,000 miles east of…
Geoscientists Were Wrong About the ‘World’s Largest Volcano’
Back in 2013, Tamu Massif — a giant underwater volcano off the coast of Japan — stole Hawaii’s crown as the largest single volcano in the world. But it’s not a true volcano at all. Source: https://www.livescience.com/65897-largest-volcano-record.html