00:00Eight islands that appeared out of nowhere you never knew. The last one will blow your mind.
00:05Number one, Surtsey Island emerged from the ocean near Iceland in 1963 during a volcanic eruption and scientists have studied how life colonizes new land from scratch.
00:14Number two, Nishinoshima Island in Japan grew from underwater volcanic activity in 2013 and continues expanding as lava flows add new land to its surface area.
00:23Number three, Hunga Tonga Hunga Haapai formed when an underwater volcano erupted near Tonga in 2015 creating new land that's visible from space satellites.
00:33Number four, Ferdinandia Island appeared near Sicily in 1831 during a volcanic eruption but disappeared back underwater before anyone could officially claim it for their country.
00:42Number five, Jadid Island emerged in the Red Sea in 2011 when underwater volcanic activity pushed new land above sea level near Yemen's coast.
00:50Number six, Sholin Island appeared in the Caspian Sea due to mud volcano activity creating new land that Azerbaijan and Iran both claimed as their territory.
00:58Number seven, Graham Island formed near Sicily in 1831 when underwater volcanic eruptions created temporary land that four different countries tried to claim before it sank.
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01:11Number eight, the world's newest island formed in 2022 when an underwater volcano near Tonga erupted so violently it could be seen from the International Space Station
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