1.Barren
Island -India's
Only Live Volcano Active Again After 150 Years
India’s only live volcano in
the Andaman and Nicobar Islands which had started showing active in the year
1991 after being dormant for more than 150 years.
The only live volcano in
Barren Island erupted in 1991 and has showing sporadic activity since then and
started spewing ash, the researchers of Goa based National Institute of
Oceanography (NIO) has said.
A Group of Scientist from CSIR
–National Institute of Oceanography led by Abhay Mudholkar reported that the
Barren Island Volcano is active and spewing smoke and lava once again after
being dormant for more than 150 years.
These volcanoes are formed due
to rising magma formed deep in mantle due to the melting of subducted Indian
Ocean Crust.
About Barren Island Volcano.
Barren Island is located in
Andaman which is 140-km north-east of Port Blair. It is being dormant for more
than 150 years. It is first recorded eruption on 1787 and it is last recorded
eruption on 1852. It is the only Active volcano in India.
2. Scientists claim discovery of drowned continent-
Zealandia.
Scientist have
reported that discovery of eighth continent with two-thirds the size of
Australia has been found beneath the south-west Pacific Ocean- named Zealandia.
Zealandia
stretched 5-Million square kilometres and majority of region under the ocean
while some parts are in modern day New Zealand, New
Caledonia and some part above the Pacific Ocean.
Scientist believed that Zealandia was possibly part
of Super-continent Gondwana and broke away nearly 100 million year ago.
Mortimer a lead author of paper titled ‘Zealandia:
Earth’s hidden continent’, says that the new discoveries prove what had long
been suspected.
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