Researchers to study rebirth of an island after volcanic eruption
Friday, August 7, 2009 - 06:21
in Earth & Climate
When Alaska's Kasatochi Volcano erupted on 7 August 2008, it virtually sterilised Kasatochi Island, covering the small Aleutian island with a layer of ash and other volcanic material several metres thick. The eruption also provided a rare research opportunity: the chance to see how an ecosystem develops from the very first species to colonise the island...