Japan is located on the "Pacific Rim Volcanic Seismic Belt". It is a country with very frequent volcanic activities. Even the symbol of Tokyo, Japan - Mount Fuji is a volcano. In Japan, there is such a volcano. After erupting in 2013, it actually built a new island!
This volcano is called Nishinoshima volcano, which is located in the Ogasawara Archipelago about 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo. Since the island erupted in November 2013, volcanic activity has been quite fierce. Survey data shows that the eruption of Nishinoshima in Japan began in November 2013. The eruption of lava and volcanic bombs reached 160 million cubic meters and the weight reached 400 million tons, ranking second in Japan after the war. This also led to a large amount of rocks accumulated near the crater of Nishinodao Island, forming a brand new island.
This brand new island has been expanding its area since its formation. By 2014 alone, the area of West Island has doubled compared to a year ago.
To this day, this volcano is still erupting. Satellite data shows that there are still quite a lot of newly erupted lava on West Island. A large amount of lava erupts from the ground and flows to the east of the island. It is then slowly cooled on the island, thereby expanding the island area.
Similar things are not uncommon in the ocean. For example, the well-known Hawaii is a group of volcanic islands. The French Indian Ocean of the South Indian Ocean is also a classic volcanic island . If the West Island volcanic erupts for hundreds, thousands of years and tens of thousands of years, who knows whether another large volcanic island will appear in this place?
However, the emergence of West Island has made scholars of all kinds very excited because West Island is a brand new island, and the terrestrial ecosystem on the island is in a "factory reset". The area of West Island is now quite large, which can provide researchers with a unique opportunity to study the ecosystem development process of marine islands. According to scientists' speculation, birds may be the first to arrive here, and rainwater currents erosion and bird waste will provide the most basic material basis and produce soil. Plants will arrive through various channels after the soil is formed. Marine organisms will also gradually grow on reefs, eventually forming a complete island ecosystem. Scientists will work on using the Nishinoshima for research to provide ideas for humans to open up outer space.
