Surtsey
A volcanic island born from submarine eruptions south of Iceland and protected as a natural laboratory for studying how new oceanic land is colonised by life.
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A volcanic island born from submarine eruptions south of Iceland and protected as a natural laboratory for studying how new oceanic land is colonised by life. It is a rare place where the birth, erosion and biological colonisation of a new island can be studied with unusually little direct human interference.
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It is a rare place where the birth, erosion and biological colonisation of a new island can be studied with unusually little direct human interference.
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