An artist’s interpretation of current events. Image: Canva, Graphic: Andrew Paul
It’s been almost four years since the company last remembered that Sharknado’s “movies” series on the SyFy channel was one thing, so you know what it means: it’s time to get tired of tired reboots, everyone! Also, it’s probably time for a tired reboot, if we’re sadly honest about the state of popular media.
In this case, TV executives are likely to be paying attention to the Sharkcano, a volcanic ecosystem that has become a very real and highly erupting shark in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. Shhhh. And do you feel it? If you can listen carefully enough, you can hear the distant clatter of a team of ghostwriters writing their spec script.
Sharkcano’s latest news is courtesy of cameras aboard NASA’s Landsat 9 satellite, which recently captured images of the submarine volcano, real name Kavachi, showing the greenish plumes revealing incredibly hot, acidic water. which climb from the mouth of the formation just 63 feet below. the surface of the ocean.
As the Smithsonian reports, Kavachi (named after a sea god from the indigenous peoples of Gatokae and Vangunu) has erupted almost continuously since at least 1939, but despite its seemingly inhospitable environment, it is home to an incredibly diverse and resilient ecosystem. of microbes. organisms, zooplankton, various reef fish and more than a few species of sharks … hence, you know, the nickname.
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“The presence of these animals in such extreme conditions raises new questions focused on the resilience of marine animals to rapid changes in their environments …”, the researchers wrote in 2014. “These groups are more likely to survive the changes. man-induced ocean chemistry? and periods of rising global underwater volcanism?
In other words, less roses: perhaps the only things that will survive our global destruction without any life are the animals that hide in active underwater volcanoes. If anyone has won, they are definitely not the one responsible for Sharknado: The 4th Awakens.
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