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Largest underwater eruption EVER recorded off the coast of Madagascar
2021-10-01
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Gives birth to an enormous 2,690ft underwater volcano

  • The new volcano emerged in 2018 off the east coast of the island of Mayotte

  • French researchers mounted an expedition to study it in detail early in 2019

  • They planted sensors and used radar to scan an area over thousands of miles

  • The emergence of the volcano followed a 5.8 magnitude Earthquake in the area

  • It was the result of 1.2 cubic miles of lava pouring from the mantle to the seafloor
Posted by:Skidmark

#2  Yep.
Then you die.
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-10-01 21:48  

#1  Oh noos, gerbil worming, raises sea levels, disrupts marine ecosystem, send money.
Posted by: ed in texas   2021-10-01 10:23  

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