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For fans of new islands, Surtsey (date of birth 1963) is another example, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surtsey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surtsey. The speed
by smackay 8y ago
For fans of new islands, Surtsey (date of birth 1963) is another example, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surtsey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surtsey. The speed at which life colonised the island is quite amazing.
- Kirth 8y ago"An improperly handled human defecation resulted in a tomato plant taking root which was also destroyed."
- kjs3 8y agoOne of my sister in laws is a civil engineer who does a lot of work with sewage treatment plants. She has commented that apparently tomato seeds can survive almost anything.
- rolleiflex 8y agoThat’s not special to tomato seed. In fact, fruits being eaten and seeds defecated by animals in far out lands is why seeds are in the sweet, tasty, sugary fruits for the most part!
- kjs3 8y agoI get what you're saying, but apparently there is something special about tomato seeds. It's not that they're surviving a digestive track (by design) or my compost pile (something almost nothing else does...not a single squash, cucumber, okra, peach, apple, etc., etc. has done), they're surviving a sewage treatment plant. Bioreduction and chemical treatment. So...tomatoes are pretty cool.
- naravara 8y agoI assume I'm not the only one who thought of that explorer song from "Moana" when they read the headline. It's incredible that this happens within the course of a human lifetime. It really puts the sense-of-wonder behind all those Polynesian myths and stories in perspective.
- jillesvangurp 8y agohttps://www.natuurmonumenten.nl/projecten/marker-wadden/english-version https://www.natuurmonumenten.nl/projecten/marker-wadden/engl... Here's another example of an ambitious project in the Netherlands to create an artificial archipelago in the former Zuiderzee, which has been a lake for nearly a century.