{"id":451120,"date":"2022-05-22T16:03:19","date_gmt":"2022-05-22T13:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/volcano-eruption-continues-sharkcano-fame\/"},"modified":"2022-05-22T16:03:19","modified_gmt":"2022-05-22T13:03:19","slug":"volcano-eruption-continues-sharkcano-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/volcano-eruption-continues-sharkcano-fame\/","title":{"rendered":"#Volcano eruption continues &#8216;Sharkcano&#8217; fame"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2870721b734\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2870721b734\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/volcano-eruption-continues-sharkcano-fame\/#%E2%80%9CVolcano_eruption_continues_%E2%80%98Sharkcano_fame%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Volcano eruption continues &#8216;Sharkcano&#8217; fame&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/volcano-eruption-continues-sharkcano-fame\/#%E2%80%98Sharkcano\" >\u2018Sharkcano\u2019<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/volcano-eruption-continues-sharkcano-fame\/#How_Kavachi_was_discovered\" >How Kavachi was discovered<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/volcano-eruption-continues-sharkcano-fame\/#Explosions_and_floating_rocks\" >Explosions and floating rocks<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CVolcano_eruption_continues_%E2%80%98Sharkcano_fame%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Volcano eruption continues &#8216;Sharkcano&#8217; fame&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Satellite imagery shows Kavachi, one of the most active submarine volcanoes in the Pacific Ocean and most known for its shark inhabitants, is showing increased plumes.<\/p>\n<p>Better-known aerial volcanoes are easier to study because their higher elevations typically make them more accessible. But submarine volcanoes like Kavachi, located in the southwest Pacific Ocean in the Solomon Islands, can be more challenging to study depending on how deep they are.<\/p>\n<p>Kavachi was formed by plate tectonics, explains Kadie Bennis, a volcano data researcher at the<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/volcano.si.edu\/\">\u00a0Smithsonian Institution\u2019s Global Volcanism Program.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a whole bunch of different plates across the world that are moving on the mantle \u2026 when you have two plates that are coming together at certain boundaries<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/volcano.si.edu\/\">,<\/a>\u00a0and one of them starts to subduct, for example, you could get a volcano popping up on one of those plates,\u201d Bennis said. \u201cAnd so that\u2019s what\u2019s h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ening at Kavachi.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bennis is part of a team that tracks volcanic activity using data from global volcano observatories and from space through NASA\u2019s Earth Observatory and other spacecraft.<\/p>\n<p>Recent satellite imagery of the Kavachi Volcano shows it continues to erupt actively. NASA\u2019s Earth Observatory shared the image below captured by NASA and U.S. Geological Survey satellite Landsat-9 on May 14.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/general-view-underwater-eruption-in-the-paciific-ocean-02.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Satellite image of volcano.\" class=\"wp-image-22366616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/general-view-underwater-eruption-in-the-paciific-ocean-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/general-view-underwater-eruption-in-the-paciific-ocean-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/general-view-underwater-eruption-in-the-paciific-ocean-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Satellite image of Kavachi  showing increased plumes.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens\/Cover Images\/INSTARimages.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98Sharkcano\"><\/span><strong>\u2018Sharkcano\u2019<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s not uncommon for people to live around volcanoes above ground, and the same goes for marine life at submarine volcanoes beneath the ocean\u2019s surface.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>After National Geographic researchers explored the volcano in 2015, they discovered marine life living within the active crater, including hammerhead sharks. After that, Kavachi became known as a \u201cSharkcano.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kavachi\u2019s marine life activity around submarine volcanoes isn\u2019t all that special, says Bennis. It\u2019s harder to observe the sharks in person because the submarine volcanoes are submerged.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kavachi is more accessible because it\u2019s in relatively shallow water, about 20 meters below the surface.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe see it all the time, where even just on the surface, there are people in cities built around volcanoes, or there\u2019s this volcanic mouse species that like to live around other sorts of volcanoes in different parts of the world,\u201d Bennis said. \u201cSo it\u2019s completely normal for there to be sharks and other marine life around underwater volcanoes since it\u2019s also just contributing to the ecosystem that way.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/gvp-11961.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Activity observed at Kavachi on 6 April 2007.\" class=\"wp-image-22366618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/gvp-11961.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/gvp-11961.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/gvp-11961.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>After National Geographic researchers explored the volcano in 2015, they discovered marine life living within the active crater.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Roy Hall\/Smithsonian Institute<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_Kavachi_was_discovered\"><\/span><strong>How Kavachi was discovered<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Although the Global Volcano Program has data on volcanoes dating back 12,000 years, the first recorded eruption of Kavachi was in 1939.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were just people out boating, having a good time, and they noticed that there was just this formation of an island in the middle of the ocean,\u201d Bennis said of the 1939 encounter. \u201cAnd they\u2019re like, \u2018Whoa, this is kind of weird.\u2019 And so that is our first documented evidence of that volcanic activity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since that discovery, Kavachi has experienced 36 eruptive periods. Bennis said satellite data from Landsat-9 and other spacecraft have made monitoring submarine volcanic activity easier.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/general-view-underwater-eruption-in-the-paciific-ocean-01.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Satellite image.\" class=\"wp-image-22366619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/general-view-underwater-eruption-in-the-paciific-ocean-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/general-view-underwater-eruption-in-the-paciific-ocean-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/general-view-underwater-eruption-in-the-paciific-ocean-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Kavachi Volcano is located in the southwest Pacific Ocean in the Solomon Islands.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens\/Cover Images\/INSTARimages.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Explosions_and_floating_rocks\"><\/span><strong>Explosions and floating rocks<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Submarine volcanoes have the same characteristics as above-ground volcanoes, including explosions. Bennis said Kavachi <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>ly hasn\u2019t created hazards to people boating in the area who know to stay clear of the volcano.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes submarine volcanoes can produce pumice rafts, which can indicate volcanic activity occurring below the sea. The image above shows floating pumice taken in 1973 from another submarine volcano near the Tonga Islands.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPretty much just rock fragments that have exploded out of the volcano. And they\u2019re just like hanging out and floating on the water,\u201d Bennis said. \u201cSometimes that can be dangerous for boats because you don\u2019t want to get bits of rock stuck in your rudder or anything, but that\u2019s pretty much the only hazard that we have to worry about at this specific volcano.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/gvp-11611.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Smoke above Kavachi volcano.\" class=\"wp-image-22366622\" width=\"618\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/gvp-11611.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1233 1236w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/gvp-11611.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=925 927w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/gvp-11611.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=618 618w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/gvp-11611.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=308 309w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/gvp-11611.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\"\/><figcaption>Kavachi has experienced 36 eruptive periods.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Corey Howell\/Smithsonian Institute<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The last activity when significant eruptions were recorded was in 2014. According to NASA, nearby island residents could see visible steam and ash.<\/p>\n<p>Kavachi\u2019s most recent eruption period started in October 2021 and has been intermittent. Bennis said the GVP looks at satellite images for new activity, like the plume spotted by Landsat-9 this month.<\/p>\n<p>She said these observations are weather dependent on a clear sky.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs the weather nice enough where we can look at the satellite data, not just see a cloudy day, but we can actually get a good view of the location of where the volcano event is,\u201d Bennis said. \u201cRight now, it\u2019s mostly just been doing a lot of discoloring the water. So there\u2019s a lot of just colored plumes that are around it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Volcanoes can be unpredictable, including when they erupt and how long they will last. 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