Life on Surtsey: Iceland’s Upstart Island
Loree Griffin Burns
On November 14, 1963, an undersea volcano erupted about fifteen miles off Iceland’s coast and created a new island: Surtsey. This book follows scientists studying how life begins to colonize the island’s harsh landscape. Cells, seeds, spores, and other life forms arrive by blowing, flying, or floating in, then face the challenge of surviving there. The account focuses on Surtsey as a developing ecosystem and on the scientific work of observing its new inhabitants.
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