Friday, May 16, 2014

Young volcanic island fuses with older neighbor off coast of Japan

A young volcanic island has recently joined with its neighbor, its lava claiming the remnants of a 40-year-old volcanic island as its own.

by John Tyburski
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The world’s newest island, Niijima, born by volcano off the Pacific coast of Japan a few hundred miles south of Tokyo, was predicted to stop growing and erode away fairly quickly. However, Nii (new) Jima (island) kept growing as its volcano kept releasing lava until joining to its older neighbor, Nishinoshima... [Pending]

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