I have never heard that the island can be formed by earthquake before I saw this article " Pakistan quake island off Gwadar 'emits flammable gas' " that makes me curious to know how it can be.
On 24 September 2013, After a major earthquake around 7.8-magnitude in Pakistan, the new island has appeared near the offshore and then lots of people gathered to watch it as if they have never seen before. There were some dead fish on the surface and hissing sound of the escaping gas, they put a match to the fissures where the gas, methane, was oozing and set it on fire.
Ilyas Khan. Pakistan quake island off Gwadar 'emits flammable gas'. (27 September 2013). BBC News Asia. Retrieved September 30, 2013 from http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24272552
Palm Islands. (23 September 2013). Wikipedia. Retrieved September 30, 2013 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_Islands
The island that was formed by earthquake in this time is the fourth in this region, it will be shortly subside in a few months because of the pressure that propelled the sea floor to the surface is slow down or starting to erode due to sea action
By a volcano, erupting magma from under the sea, is another way that can form an island. However, not only natural can do, the human also form the islands as well. For example, The Palm Islands, located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, are constructed from sand by the Belgian company and the Dutch company. They started working in 2002 and had finished by the end of 2006.
Someday, If the island appeared at your backyard, who should own this one ?
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I also heard the news about the Plam Islands in Dubai. I don't agree with that because I think it wastes of money and it can cause the environmental problem, such as the flow of the sea, the fish habitat, and so on. I think it would be better way, if you bring that money to build the houses for poor people on the land where is more convenience and suitable for human than the sea.
ReplyDeleteI heard many story about Nations extend their land to sea or form an island such as Netherlands and Singapore. I think it is a good idea, if they live in small island or small territory and they need more land for their citizens. By the way, I agree with Noina that it can cause environmental problem. So, how do we have an appropriate way to deal with that.
ReplyDeleteI think building a new land is a good idea because they can expand their space for people to live or create jobs; on the other hand, it might cause many problems. Environmental problem such as marine life will be destroy. In addition, the direction of the sea water flow will be changed which will effect life in the sea.
ReplyDeleteBuilding the new land is a good idea but I think the protection of land losing such as land erosion or flooding from sea level is more important than. I've heard that we lost our land from these causes in every year but no one are interested this issue.
ReplyDeleteI think building new island is not only for more space but it also show the potential and wealth of the nation.
ReplyDeleteIn your last sentence, I guess you have some law knowledge to share. Is that right?