Underwater volcanoes create pumice when the lava comes into contact with water this is because when hot magma touches water it is rapidly cooled and de pressurised creating a floating stone substance full of gas bubbles most read in science. Although most submarine volcanoes are located in the depths of seas and oceans some. Submarine volcanoes are underwater vents or fissures in the earth s surface from which magma can erupt. Spongetopia is a newly discovered city of glass sponges on the lava encrusted slopes of explorer seamount canada s largest underwater volcano. Many submarine volcanoes are located near areas of tectonic plate formation known as mid ocean ridges the volcanoes at mid ocean ridges alone are estimated to account for 75 of the magma output on earth.
James williams talks to the lead scientist on the project to. James williams talks to the lead scientist on the project to. The edifice named actea is one of six volcanoes recently discovered while scientists were mapping the underwater landscape of the sicilian channel a heavily trafficked waterway off the southwest coast of the island. Underwater volcanoes create pumice when the lava comes into contact with water this is because when hot magma touches water it is rapidly cooled and de pressurised creating a floating stone substance full of gas bubbles most read in science.
