SciShow: Why Is This Island Disappearing?

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Content of the Lesson: Visit http://brilliant.org/scishow/ to get started learning STEM for free, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription. Hoboro Island off the coast of Japan may soon be an island of the past, and it’s primarily due to one unsuspecting isopod. Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow is on TikTok! Check us out at https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Matt Curls, Alisa Sherbow, Dr. Melvin Sanicas, Harrison Mills, Adam Brainard, Chris Peters, charles george, Piya Shedden, Alex Hackman, Christopher R, Boucher, Jeffrey Mckishen, Ash, Silas Emrys, Eric Jensen, Kevin Bealer, Jason A Saslow, Tom Mosner, Tomás Lagos González, Jacob, Christoph Schwanke, Sam Lutfi, Bryan Cloer ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow #SciShow ---------- Sources: https://bioone.org/journals/journal-of-coastal-research/volume-36/issue-2/JCOASTRES-D-19-00066.1/Boring-of-Intertidal-Sandstones-by-Isopod-Sphaeroma-triste-in-NW/10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-19-00066.1.pdf https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/ele.12899 https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Life-history-of-an-intertidal-boring-isopod%2C-1889-Kitaura-Nunomura/c9bca585f3e52626602d776902efc952dc64b3cb https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0191278 https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=546766#null https://bioone.org/journals/journal-of-coastal-research/volume-36/issue-2/JCOASTRES-D-19-00066.1/Boring-of-Intertidal-Sandstones-by-Isopod-Sphaeroma-triste-in-NW/10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-19-00066.1.pdf https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/bioerosion https://pure.uva.nl/ws/files/2914155/262_3289y.pdf https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00349451 https://academic.oup.com/icesjms/article/74/4/895/3064242 https://scienceblogs.com/zooillogix/2007/06/26/japan-has-a-bug-problem https://soranews24.com/2015/05/27/island-off-hiroshima-coast-slowly-being-eaten-away-by-millions-of-insects/ https://wildsingaporenews.blogspot.com/2008/01/crustacean-swarm-destroying-small.html https://trc-adeac.trc.co.jp/WJ11E0/WJJS06U/3421205100/3421205100100050/ht000410 https://alp.lib.sun.ac.za/bitstream/handle/123456789/7394/animals_as_agents_of_erosion_at_sub-antarctic_marion_island.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y Image Sources: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hoboro_island.JPG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Hoborojima#/media/File:Hoborojima.jpg https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/crustacea/48/0/48_39/_article https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/champignon-mushroom-mycelium-and-microorganisms-life-in-stock-footage/1364941112?adppopup=true https://bioone.org/journals/journal-of-coastal-research/volume-36/issue-2/JCOASTRES-D-19-00066.1/Boring-of-Intertidal-Sandstones-by-Isopod-Sphaeroma-triste-in-NW/10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-19-00066.1.full https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/colorful-sea-life-coral-reef-with-lot-of-fisch-on-red-stock-footage/584565156?adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/parrotfish-swims-over-coral-reef-rusty-parrotfish-or-stock-footage/1326294331?adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/unrecognizable-woman-grabs-a-handful-of-dry-sand-and-stock-footage/941094504?adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/road-destroyed-by-sea-water-erosion-process-seaside-stock-footage/1395550983?adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/beautiful-sandstone-rock-at-beach-royalty-free-image/682204814?adppopup=true


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