Re:A wild 'freakosystem' has been born in Hawaii
by acdha on Tuesday April 08, 2025 @08:47AM
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If you’re going to play the “actually” game, at least check Wikipedia first. That quote is about Oahu and it’s correct:
> Like all other Hawaiian Islands, Oʻahu was formed from the volcanism associated with the Hawaii hotspot; it started to grow from the sea floor 4 million years ago
Your broader use of “few” is also dubious since 28 is not normally considered small enough to include in that number:
> From this study and others,[14][15] it is estimated that the northwesternmost island, Kure Atoll, is the oldest at approximately 28 million years (Ma); while the southeasternmost island, Hawaiʻi, is approximately 0.4 Ma (400,000 years).
> Like all other Hawaiian Islands, Oʻahu was formed from the volcanism associated with the Hawaii hotspot; it started to grow from the sea floor 4 million years ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oahu
Your broader use of “few” is also dubious since 28 is not normally considered small enough to include in that number:
> From this study and others,[14][15] it is estimated that the northwesternmost island, Kure Atoll, is the oldest at approximately 28 million years (Ma); while the southeasternmost island, Hawaiʻi, is approximately 0.4 Ma (400,000 years).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian_Islands