Hello, people. Uh, I seem very serious today but maybe I am tired because of looking for a job. Yes, it is. Spain is a mine of jobs. You can find all sort of work and scientists and engineers are demanded. Indeed, each person, who has finished a degree, works in less than a month. Okay, I was kidding you. Sorry for dreaming!
Today I am going to show an interesting new and it is true. I begin. In Southern Spain, in front of Morocco Coast, we have several islands called Canarias, as you can see in pictures below. There are a strange case, geologically.
They have been formed because of 2 phenomenon. One of them, it is the pression produced between the material from Mid-Atlantic Ridge and African plate, like this way: if we have a mount of clay and we push to an object located on front, clay rises up and it is the most common origin in islands.
But, there is also another phenomenon because there is a hotspot. You are telling strange words again, man! Take it easy. What is a hotspot in Geology? As word says it is a spot in Earth very warm like a flame from a "flamethrower" based on mantle who rises up lithosphere temperature until lava flows and new islands will appear with all this material that goes up. Hawaian islands are a good example of this case. Despite there are some theories, scientists can´t explain how a hotspot is formed. I guess you can read one of them in wikipedia.
Therefore, we have our background. In Spanish media, we have had news about earthquakes in Hierro Island in latest weeks (it is curious because at the same time Hawaian island has experimented an increase of earthquake and lake lava level in Kīlauea East Rift Zone (Big Island, Hawaii)). Everybody feared of a eruption and evacuation plans were set up, whereas Spanish Geological Service didn´t believe this deed could turn into a eruption. Nevertheless, today there are proofs recollected by fishermen which indicate it is possible a gas escape in 5 Km to the South of Hierro.
Fortunately, Spanish Geological Service believe eruption could be occurred 1Km below sea and enough far to produce human risks and consequently, it isn´t necessary to evacuate people. Anyway, the Geological Service doesn´t confirm an eruption but they believe it is very possible in next hours.
Finally, I wonder if the increase in solar activity in latest weeks is linked to Hawaian and Canarias activities. No, I don´t believe world will be destroyed in 2012 because some people thinks subatomic particles emitted by solar activity could increase earthquakes and eruptions. They must have seen 2012 film but there are no scientific evidences. Otherwise, this link between Hawaian and Canarias activities could be connected with the Sun storms or not, who knows? I will make the question to a classmate who works within Geological Service.
Have a good day!!!
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