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Powerful underwater volcano forms new island off the coast of Japan (globalnews.ca)

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[-] RandomStickman@kbin.social 134 points 10 months ago

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

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 36 points 10 months ago

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 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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.

[-] HubertManne@kbin.social 21 points 10 months ago

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

[-] Dr_Fetus_Jackson@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

The hive mind is strong with this one.

[-] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 45 points 10 months ago

[-] Damage@feddit.it 7 points 10 months ago

Yeah, maybe wait a while before moving

[-] SlopppyEngineer@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 10 months ago

Limited offer: free heating

[-] Destraight@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

That sounds dangerous

[-] victron@programming.dev 1 points 10 months ago

Dibs.

[-] TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 36 points 10 months ago

Dibs

[-] helloharu@lemmy.world 45 points 10 months ago

Tough, China already called it.

[-] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

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

[-] ForestOrca@kbin.social 5 points 10 months ago

Or set a bottle of booze on it.

[-] i_love_FFT@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago

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

[-] AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Do you have a flag?

[-] ConfusedMeAgain@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Eddie?

[-] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

no mine

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

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

[-] anarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 10 months ago

Yeah but this one's a grower 😉

[-] DScratch@sh.itjust.works 11 points 10 months ago

All islands are close to the sea

[-] spauldo@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago

Except the ones that aren't.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

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

[-] ElleChaise@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago

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

[-] TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 10 months ago

I know your game.

You just wanna piece of my island.

[-] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 27 points 10 months ago

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 9 points 10 months ago

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 6 points 10 months ago

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

[-] Veraxus@kbin.social 22 points 10 months ago

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

[-] arefx@lemmy.ml 8 points 10 months ago

Will it last or be washed away tho

[-] bitwaba@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

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

Run mother fuckers!

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