Watch the eruption of an underwater volcano in which mutant sharks live
The "Sharkano" erupts!
NASA satellite images show the underwater Kawachi volcano at the time of the eruption, with mutations of sharks and other sea creatures living inside - of choice. Scientists believe they mutated to survive the hot and acidic environment of the volcano
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05/06/2022
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A glimpse into the underwater volcano Kawachi (The Oceanography Society)
New NASA data point to volcanic activity on the Kavachi volcano, located about 25 kilometers south of Wongun Island, in a few days in April and May 2022 - the last being on May 14. The volcano was nicknamed "Sharkano" because there are Instead two species of sharks live there by choice, and scientists believe they have mutated to survive the conditions of the acidic and hot environment.
NASA warned last year that the Pacific Ocean submarine volcano is returning to intense activity. The volcano erupted as early as October 2021, according to the Smithsonian's global volcanism program. Most active in the southwest Pacific, a thriving population of sharks lives there in the sunken crater.
A scientific expedition that set out in 2015 for the Kawachi volcano spotted two species of sharks - a bow-jawed fetish and a silk shark.
Researchers have also found castration, latins, jellyfish and microbial communities thriving on sulfur.
The sharks are apparently not affected by the hostile temperatures and acidity, and remain close to the volcano despite its constant eruptions.
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"The idea that there are large animals like sharks roaming and living inside the crater of the volcano conflicts with what we know about Kawachi, meaning it erupts," explained Brennan Phillips, a doctoral student in biological oceanography at the University of Rod, in the National Geographic documentary Sharkano. (Sharkcano).
Satellite images taken by NASA's Landsat-9 on May 14 show Kawachi being in a very active phase, with sharks still swimming around him undisturbed. Ocean engineer Brennan Phillips claims: "When the volcano erupts, there is no chance anything can live there.
This is what makes this discovery, the marine creatures that live for them inside a volcano, so confusing.
They live in a place where they can die at any moment, so how do they survive?
It is also very cloudy, the water is very unclear.
"None of this is good for fish."
This is what the eruption of the volcano looks like in NASA photos:
"The presence of sharks in the area has indeed raised new questions about the ecology of active underwater volcanoes and the extreme environments in which large marine animals can exist," reads a 2016 article entitled "The Sharknu Exploration."
Many believe the sharks were mutated to survive in the hot, acidic environment.
Brennan Phillips added: "It's a hot and acidic environment. It makes you wonder what kind of extreme environment these animals have adapted to. What kind of changes have they undergone? Are there only certain animals that can withstand these conditions?".
However, researchers have found that the murky volcanic water is rich in nutrients, making the place an attractive habitat for sea creatures that can withstand it.
Volcanic data researcher Kadi Benis told the New York Post: "We see it all the time, when even just on the surface, there are people in cities built around volcanoes, or there is a strain of volcanic mice that like to live around other types of volcanoes in areas "It's different in the world, so it's perfectly normal to have sharks and other marine creatures around underwater volcanoes. It also only contributes to the ecosystem like that."
Sharks in "Sharkano" (Photo: Screenshot, National Geographic)
Dr. Michael Heighthouse of the University of Florida International told Newsweek that underwater volcanoes are an essential part of the sharks' world. "It's not just about active volcanoes," he said. There were volcanoes in some areas, there were no reefs or soil.
This means that the species of sharks that need these habitats will not be able to live in these areas without the presence of a volcano. "He added:" Where there is food, there will be more sharks.
If there is not too much fishing to reduce their populations, of course. "
Kwachi is one of the most active underwater volcanoes in the Pacific Ocean and it has also been given the name Rejo te Kvachi, which means "Kwachi furnace".
The first reports of its activity were recorded in 1939.
At least 11 significant eruptions have occurred since the late 1970s, and two of them - in 1976 and 1991 - were so powerful that they created new islands.
However, these islands were not large enough to resist erosion and eventually sank.
The location of the summit of the volcano is currently estimated at 20 meters below sea level, and its base is located on the seabed at a depth of 1.2 km.
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