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    Marine scientists find massive volcanic cone, new deep-sea animal species
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    May 5th, 2009 "That's as tall as a 12-story building and as wide as a full city block ... As the cone has grown, we've seen a significant increase in the population of animals that lives atop the volcano. We're trying to determine if there is a direct connection between the increase in the volcanic activity and that population increase." Lava erupts onto the seafloor at NW Rota-1, creating a cloudy, extremely acidic plume. Full Article at PhysOrg.com
    That's as tall as a 12-story building and as wide as a full city block ... As the cone has grown, we've seen a significant increase in the population of animals that lives atop the volcano. We're trying to determine if there is a direct connection between the increase in the volcanic activity and that population increase.
    SOURCE: PhysOrg.com 7 months ago
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Marine scientists find massive volcanic cone, new deep-sea animal species
  1. It appears that since 2006 the diffuse venting has spread and, with it, the vent animals ... There is now a very large biomass of shrimp on the volcano, and two species are able to cope with the volcanic conditions.
    SOURCE: PhysOrg.com 7 months ago
  2. As this was happening, the ground in front of us shuddered and quaked, and huge blocks were bulldozed out of the way to make room for new lava emerging from the vent
    SOURCE: PhysOrg.com 7 months ago
  3. It is unusual for a volcano to be continuously active, even on land
    SOURCE: PhysOrg.com 7 months ago
  4. They're specially adapted to their environment ... and are thriving in harsh chemical conditions that would be toxic to normal marine life. Life here is actually nourished by the erupting volcano.
    SOURCE: PhysOrg.com 7 months ago
  5. We saw dying fish, squid, etc., raining down onto the seamount, where they were jumped on by the volcano shrimp--a lovely adaptation to exploiting the noxious effects of the volcano
    SOURCE: PhysOrg.com 7 months ago
  6. There's a lot of recent interest in understanding the functioning and optimal performance of small systems
    SOURCE: PhysOrg.com 7 months ago
  7. Submarine volcanoes are places where we can study how animals have adapted to very acidic conditions
    SOURCE: PhysOrg.com 7 months ago
  8. The 'Loihi' shrimp has adapted to grazing the bacterial filaments with tiny claws like garden shears ... The second shrimp is a new species--they also graze as juveniles, but as they grow to adult stage, their front claws enlarge and they become predators.
    SOURCE: PhysOrg.com 7 months ago
  9. This research allows us, for the first time, to study undersea volcanoes in detail and close up
    SOURCE: PhysOrg.com 7 months ago
  10. This presents us with a fantastic opportunity to learn about processes we've never been able to directly observe before ... When volcanoes erupt in shallow water they can be extremely hazardous, creating huge explosions and even tsunamis. But here, we can safely observe an eruption in the deep ocean and...
    SOURCE: PhysOrg.com 7 months ago

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