Powerful underwater volcano forms new island off the coast of Japan (globalnews.ca)
from FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 08 Nov 2023 13:28
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TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 08 Nov 2023 13:33 next collapse

Dibs

Jumuta@sh.itjust.works on 08 Nov 2023 13:38 next collapse

no mine

FlyingSquid@lemmy.world on 08 Nov 2023 13:50 collapse

You guys might not want to fight over an island so close to sea level considering climate change.

DScratch@sh.itjust.works on 08 Nov 2023 13:52 next collapse

All islands are close to the sea

FlyingSquid@lemmy.world on 08 Nov 2023 13:57 next collapse

No, I mean in terms of how high above the sea the island is.

ElleChaise@kbin.social on 08 Nov 2023 14:34 collapse

Yeah, Squid. That was uh... the joke.

spauldo@lemmy.ml on 08 Nov 2023 13:59 collapse

Except the ones that aren’t.

anarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 08 Nov 2023 14:45 next collapse

Yeah but this one’s a grower 😉

TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 08 Nov 2023 14:56 collapse

I know your game.

You just wanna piece of my island.

helloharu@lemmy.world on 08 Nov 2023 13:58 next collapse

Tough, China already called it.

NOT_RICK@lemmy.world on 08 Nov 2023 14:07 next collapse

Gotta stick a flag in it or it doesn’t count

ForestOrca@kbin.social on 08 Nov 2023 14:20 collapse

Or set a bottle of booze on it.

i_love_FFT@lemmy.ml on 08 Nov 2023 15:23 collapse

You’ll get there only to find a bottle of Canadian whisky and some Danish vikings drinking it…

AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world on 08 Nov 2023 16:16 collapse

Do you have a flag?

ConfusedMeAgain@lemmy.world on 08 Nov 2023 18:15 collapse

Eddie?

RandomStickman@kbin.social on 08 Nov 2023 14:25 next collapse

China's gonna dig up a map from the 1300s with the island on it claiming it as the rightful territory of China since ancient times

HubertManne@kbin.social on 08 Nov 2023 14:40 next collapse

oh man. I did not think so many would be thinking the same thing on this one.

Dr_Fetus_Jackson@lemmy.world on 08 Nov 2023 18:21 collapse

The hive mind is strong with this one.

gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works on 08 Nov 2023 14:58 collapse

And then dredge up an airbase around it. And then accuse Japan of “covert geological incendiary incursions” instead of, you know, admitting they built a thing on an active volcano.

diverging@lemmy.ml on 08 Nov 2023 17:46 collapse

There is already a Japanese airbase about a mile away from it. The airbase was the first to confirm the new island.

Japan’s Maritime Self-Defence Force’s air base on Iwoto Island (previously known as Iwo Jima Island, the site of a major Second World War battle) confirmed the emergence of the new island last week after personnel heard a loud explosion that sent sand and ash flying high into the air.

WarmSoda@lemm.ee on 08 Nov 2023 14:56 next collapse

All jokes aside, this is pretty cool. It’s easy to think of ourselves living in a static world and forget that everything is always changing.

ramble81@lemm.ee on 08 Nov 2023 15:09 next collapse

I know we’ll be long gone but I think it’s cool that the Pacific is shrinking while the Atlantic grows and Africa will most likely split apart.

originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com on 08 Nov 2023 15:18 collapse

i think about this every time someone tells me what 'mother earth' wants or needs..

bitwaba@lemmy.world on 08 Nov 2023 15:36 next collapse

I’ve seen enough Godzilla movies to know what’s coming next.

Run mother fuckers!

Veraxus@kbin.social on 08 Nov 2023 16:17 next collapse

There is definitely a giant radioactive lizard emerging at that location.

TokenBoomer@lemmy.world on 08 Nov 2023 16:25 next collapse

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Damage@feddit.it on 08 Nov 2023 18:22 next collapse

Yeah, maybe wait a while before moving

SlopppyEngineer@discuss.tchncs.de on 08 Nov 2023 19:04 collapse

Limited offer: free heating

Destraight@lemm.ee on 09 Nov 2023 12:25 collapse

That sounds dangerous

victron@programming.dev on 08 Nov 2023 21:48 collapse

Dibs.

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Skua@kbin.social on 08 Nov 2023 16:38 collapse

What does that mean in English?

samus12345@lemmy.world on 08 Nov 2023 17:30 collapse

“New mountain.”

arefx@lemmy.ml on 08 Nov 2023 17:07 collapse

Will it last or be washed away tho