Rise and fall of underwater volcano revealed

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Source: BBC

13 May 2012 Last updated at 17:14 GMT

Rise and fall of underwater volcano revealed

By David Shukman
Science editor, BBC News

The violent rise and collapse of an underwater volcano in the Pacific Ocean is captured in startling clarity for the first time.

Researchers studying the Monowai volcano, near Tonga, recorded huge changes in height in just two weeks.

The images, gathered by sonar from a research ship, shed new light on the turbulent fate of submarine mountains.

Published in the journal Nature Geoscience, the findings were made during a seabed survey last year.

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"...your mother always knows best."