Want to See a New Island Forming in the Atlantic?
- Posted on November 11, 2011 at 5:04pm by
Liz Klimas
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Volcanic eruptions are building up a new Canary Island. It is not known when it will breach the surface officially. (Photo: EPA via Daily Mail)
The Atlantic Ocean just off the coast of Morocco is bubbling as a new Canary Island prepares to breach the surface.
As of Thursday, according to the Daily Mail, it was still 70 meters (nearly 330 feet) below the surface but you can already see the action from the erupting volcano:
As exciting as this may be, the birth of this new island from the El Hierro volcano is rather dangerous and the port town of La Restinga on the coast of southern-most Canary Island (El Hierro Island) has been evacuated due to the threat of a violent eruption. Right now the new island is in its “jaccuzi” phase — you can see where it gets this name in the pictures — according to Volcano Discovery — but it soon will enter its “Surtseyan” phase, which can get violent:
When the next (so-called Surtseyan) phase of violent, sustained steam and ash explosions starts is yet unknown, but it seems very likely now and could even happen very soon. This type of phreatomagmatic activity is caused by the interaction of lava close to the sea surface and is the second phase of building a new island.
Arial view of the volcanic activity below the surface. (Photo: EPA via Daily Mail)
Shipping to the area has stopped, according to Daily Mail, and researchers collecting samples from the water on boats have been ordered to leave:
Volcano expert Juan Carlos Carrecedo said at the time: ‘There is a ball of magma rising to the surface producing a series of ruptures which generate seismic activity.
- (Image: Daily Mail)
“We don’t know if that ball of magma will break through the crust and cause an eruption.”
But he warned an eruption was possible “in days, weeks or months”. The last eruption on El Hierro was in 1793 and lasted for a month while the last one in the Canary Islands as a whole took place on the island of La Palma in 1971.
The Daily Mail reports that El Hierro Island was shook by a 4.3-magnitude quake on Saturday and Volcano Discovery notes that seismic activity will remain high as the volcano continues to erupt. Reports are that residents began seeing activity on the surface of the water last month, but many have been cautioning of an eruption since July.
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Comments (118)
thegodfather
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 7:56amHey occupiers..QUICK!..claim this island for your new world gov’t
Report Post »mikem1969
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 9:19amI got dibbs, I’ll call it New USA where the constitution actually means something.
Report Post »Cynic-clinic
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 10:24amMcDonalds will have a store there. Rumers that Starbucks is not far behind.
Report Post »MR_ANDERSON
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 11:43amBad news, it is with in territorial waters.
Report Post »Boulderite
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 2:06pmMy thoughts exactly! They can have their own government and all the monkey business they want!
Report Post »reconmarine
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 7:51amThis is where Obama, Holder and all liberals will be banished to following the 2012 elections. They can Occupy the whole island.
Report Post »teep
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 8:07pmSomeone will have to actually beat obama in an election first. And that doesnt seem toe going too well.
Report Post »MrObvious
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 7:49amAll the comments on this story are hot.
lol … rofl
Report Post »SniperLikeAccuracy
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 7:20amThis is unbelievable!!! Where are the Environmentalist on this one? It is obvious to me that this is a man caused disaster. Capitalist greed and the Koch brothers are behind this underwater eruption or its our Military testing bombs or maybe a death ray. This is in no way a natural event. These types of thing just don’t happen! How does one claim ownership of this new island?
Report Post »XdemXrepub
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 9:52amhow long until it’s big enough to test an A-bomb
Report Post »chickster
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 7:19amCould this cause the seas to rise? After all there are only 5500 active underwater volcanoes.
Report Post »smokeysmoke
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 11:58amno becuase part of the earths surface is creating new land and part of it destroys the ocean surface and turns it back into magma…. by this i mean when plates run into one anothern, one goes up.. and mts, the other goes down and is turned back into lava….. SO in places like the atlantic we see plates that are seperating… THUS ALWASY CREATING NEW BASALT AND OTHER OCEAN BASIN ROCKS…. and then from what i took this is a hot spot that is volcanic which is more or less a hole in a plate that pools magma near the surface, and moves with the plate… thus you get island chains like hawaii….. SO A SHORT ANSWER.. for the rocks that are created, there is also rock that is turned back into magma so everything stays relitivly equal…. what i would be more worried about, is the icelandic volcanos and this one, if a few MAJOR ones go off at a time… it could put so much ash and dust into the atmosphere it could effect how crops recieve sun light and even COOL THE PLANET based on having too much ash smog….. THE EARTH CAN CAUSE THE PLANET TO CHANGE SO QUICKLY… IT IS IMPORTANT FOR HUMANS NOT TO AMPLIFY THESE EFFECTS… BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE SHOULD REALIZE WE ARE ANTS COMPARED TO THIS KIND OF ACTIVITY
Report Post »chips1
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 6:51pmIf it causes that much damage, they should call it “Obamanizing”
Report Post »The_Almighty_Creestof
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 4:43amI hereby dub thee CREESTOF-O-Mania!
Now, put my cabana over there…umm, my chaise lounge and umbrella over there next to the cooler of Corona. Now where did those 2 servants go…Hey, Barry & Moochie! Get over here and bring my suntan lotion & nudie magazines. And…and…what are you doing out of uniform? I paid good money for those matching lawn jockey costumes!
We can only dream I guess.
Report Post »scout n ambush
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 3:55amQuick blow it to smithereens throw everything we got at it before it pollutes the enviornment , this must be stopped it’s causing a global warming spike just look at the water boiling.
Report Post »smokeysmoke
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 11:52amAND THINK OF ALL THE CARBON MONOXIDDE AND DI OXIDE, AND NITROGEN SULFATE THAT IS EXITING THE VOLCANO… CALL OBAMA.. CALLL THE EPA… SOMETHING MUST BE DONE!!! or not
Report Post »Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 2:31pmWe need to stamp out Volcanoes so we can save the Brine Shrimp!!!! We need more Czars and Government Agencies!!
Report Post »wwwjr
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 3:47amHey, is this where that Congressman that believe Guam will capsize is going to retire?
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 3:57amI‘m sure it’s Bush’s fault…..
Report Post »Citizen1
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 2:47amHoly Cow batman, this a freaking environmental disaster!
Someone call the EPA
Somebody has to pay for this mess!
Report Post »Fla Del
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 2:58amThis is one of the reasons mankind cannot control the amount of CO2 produced around the world. If we stopped using all cars and truck in the entire world it would take over 700 years to make up for the emmissions from this one belch.
Report Post »Apple Bite
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 3:42amAnd the mystery of Global Warming has been solved.
Report Post »Sue Al Gore for $340 trillion for the destruction he has helped caused, GOD bless, and good night…
wildbill_b
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 7:25pmFla, where do you get such absurd numbers? Gerlach estimated present-day carbon dioxide emissions from subaerial and submarine volcanoes at a total global release of 3-4 x 10E12 mol/yr from volcanoes. While this is a conservative estimate, man-made CO2 emissions overwhelm this estimate by at least 150 times.
Report Post »Can you provide a rational source for your egregious errors stated as fact? Please try not to confuse make believe with science. Peace
SomeRandomPerson
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 2:10amNow this is interesting. I get tired of hearing about all the doom and gloom stories that’s been posted lately. The Blaze should post more articles like this.
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 2:20amNo, they shouldn’t appease your sense of being overwhelmed with reality.
The Blaze ought to stop doing stories like this and focus on the serious issues at hand.
Report Post »decendentof56
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 11:31amV-Man……
Report Post »Really now. Come on…… If the Blaze focused on just the troubles created in the US by the politicians, Communists, militant ethnic groups, and the like, then the Blaze would be guilty of focusing on just the troubles in the US created by the politicians, Communists, militant ethnic groups, and the like. We both know that.
docvet
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 2:54pmv-man. Your anger management counsellor called, you missed your appointment and there is a policeman waiting outside your door to slap your pee-pee again (for no reason at all, of course).
Report Post »sillyfreshness
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 6:15pmThe Blaze is really downplaying the seriousness of this event. And for whatever reason, TheBlaze has blocked me from commenting on this story for the past 2 days. Thanks Blaze! I’m not sure what or why they are trying to cover up this story, but there is a potential that one of the islands near it could collapse creating a mega tsunami and destroy the entire coastlines of North and South America. As explained here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohNsKV3FYT8
Report Post »chips1
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 6:59pmThank God that He was smart enough to put California to block the tsunami from harming America.
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 6:07pmI’ve read all about the mega tsunami that can be triggered by the shearing off of the side of that volcano in the Canaries.
It IS a serious issue. The tsunami from that event would be catastrophic.
Report Post »Netsurfer2
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 1:30amI’m sure they will figure out a way to tax us on the carbon foot print that it made. After all, AL Gore needs to make you buy his carbon credits! It’s a constant ploy to control us in every way!
Report Post »wbalzley
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 2:19amSad, but true…Seriously though, compare the CO2 output of the entire human race to a volcanic event such as this, and see they stack up. And how many eruptions are there each year? And yet WE are the problem?
Report Post »bornagaincowgirl
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 1:05amWhat if this thing causes a tsunami that hits the east coast?
Report Post »Doug in Seattle
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 3:33amThe we are all doomed!
Report Post »prage2001
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 3:57amActually, one of the Canary Islands has a fault line running down it’s center that will at some point give way and cause on monster tsunami to hit the east coast of the Americas. I just saw a segment on this on a NG program last night. Pretty crazy.
Report Post »caveman74
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 11:46amthen we can all take a breath of relief, and thank God for washing the filth off of our country :D
Report Post »Gumbercules
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 3:34pm@ bornagaincowgirl
That is Webster‘s definition of a ’blessing’.
Report Post »lawrench
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 12:55amLooks like a good place for the next “Occupy” movement to take over to protest the greedy corporations and Jews, especially since they caused this those very same corporations and Jews.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 12:43amThat is going to make one HELLUVA CARBON FOOT PRINT!!!!
Report Post »TunaBlue
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 1:29amIt’s Mother Nature polluting the water and air again. Where’s an environmentalist when you need one?
Report Post »Doug in Seattle
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 3:36amWouldn’t it be nice if all the environmentalists were protesting on a boat anchored above this belching pollution source? I keep that thought close as I sleep tonight.
Report Post »Dodgerblueboy3
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 12:40amSo that’s where they buried Bin Laden!
Report Post »GumRock
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 2:42amOl’ mother earth is Puking him out
Report Post »jswin1217
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 12:40amHey…I thought according to evolution that it took billions of years for an island to form!!
Report Post »mauijonny
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 2:11amJSWIN, that would be geology, not evolution. Anyways, I think it’s very, very, very cool – my God is an awesome father, my home is an awesome mother.
Report Post »blazingaway
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 11:55pmPoliution … Call the f “ing EPA something is being killed
Report Post »wbalzley
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 2:32amFine the blasted scientists for passing those stupid natural laws…Gravity, Relativity, and all that…its THEIR FAULT…lock ‘em up! Don’t they know the earth has a temperature? Ask Al Gore, after all, he invented the internet don’t you know! The polar ice caps are melting–I SAW it myself in the movie. SAVE US oh great Guru Al Gore! Save Us from the evils of Carbon Dioxide Gas that threaten to choke the life out of our precious planet….
GACK…think I vomited in my mouth just a little bit…
Report Post »Cynic-clinic
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 10:43amHow many fish did this one kill ? Hey EPA, don’t just do something, stand there.
Report Post »clawless
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 11:30pmIts MINE I bought it on ebay for $1.50.
Report Post »wbalzley
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 2:21amLOL…I was wondering when some enterprising individual would find away to capitalize on this.
Report Post »Fredhead
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 12:08pmMy bid was $1.25, so you’re the one that beat me huh?
Report Post »so much for naming it Fred Land
BrentW
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 1:25pmAre you sure Putin hasn’t claimed it like he did the North Pole ?
Report Post »mrbuff1959
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 11:21pmIm going to stay in texas and watch it on the news. Been there in the philopines in 85.
Report Post »ropati
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 9:45pmBeen there. Done that. Thirty years ago south of Hawaii’s Big Island.
Report Post »countryfirst
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 10:09amMan cannot and doesn’t affect the plant like mother nature does. Plus didn’t the God Obama ban volcanic activity?
Report Post »hi
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 9:40pmJust in time! Now we have a place to move if Obama gets re-elected!
Report Post »spysea
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 9:28pmI blame Bush
Report Post »wbalzley
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 2:22amBeen a while since I heard THAT one! It actually sounded funny…
Report Post »Anamah
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 8:50pmAl Gore is also making this case for his business??? Please do not tell to any of them!!!
Report Post »Deceived and Disgusted
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 8:28pmHumans caused this. We all know that the Earth is not capable of something this major.
Report Post »My guess is that the people from nearby islands have over harvested the clam population, there isn’t enough clam shell weight to keep the ocean floor down.
Truthfully yours,,
A. Gore
wbalzley
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 2:35amIts the GLOBAL WARMING, its causing the earth’s insides to heat up! The Earth has a temperature, and now it has a tummy ache…
Report Post »BonnieBlueFlag
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 2:39amDear Mr. Gore,
I’m not sure how much faith to put in “your best guess.” Could you present the same information in a classicly phony hockey-stick shaped line graph? That would really cement my faith in your conclusions, as graphs are always authoritative.
Sincerely,
A big fan.
Report Post »urethra franklin
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 7:51pmIt‘s Biden’s new lair, made of molten hot mag-ma.
Report Post »wbalzley
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 2:37amHe‘s using his billions to send a bomb to the earth’s core. He is going to hold the world ransom for one QUADRILLION dollars!
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