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Volcanic eruption gives birth to 'new island' in Japan

This coupled with the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant's relocation of radioactive tubes could lead to some interesting science fiction possibilities - or has it been done to death?

... Nuclear waste travels down Japan's Pacific coast where it meets a newly created volcanic island. Nothing happens at first; in fact, the island sinks into the sea. ... But several years later strange creatures begin to appear on the beaches . . .

Or something worse could happen, like an explosion, but hopefully not IRL.

Time to remake the early Sixties classic "Matango! The Fungus of Terror."

Also known as "Attack of the Mushroom Men".

rawwrrr!

In Japan, requires radioactivty (I think), comes out of the ocean... it's inevitable.

[edit due to sloppy proofreading]

Not just one monster, though. But new species that haven't been seen before.

But this is my favourite:

It would be interesting to find something like the sea life found around those super-hot vents in the ocean, but instead adapted to radiation. I remember reading that some fungus was found at Chernobyl that absorbs gamma rays and uses the energy to grow. I never would've believed that was possible, but evolution is smarter than I am, I guess.

http://web.archive.org/web/200804240010 ... 6/fob5.asp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiotrophic_fungus

These findings suggest that gamma rays kick some melanin electrons into excited states, initiating a yet-unknown process that would end up producing chemical energy, Casadevall says.

Merging chemistry with biology to create a new power source could be the solution to growing energy consumption. Neat!