Are there positive results for any plant(s) and/or animal(s) species which are created by the eruption of a volcano? Mrs. Driggs' class wants to know.

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Dear students,

Sorry for the delay in answering your question.

Volcanoes create new environments for plants and animals to migrate into. For example, in Hawaii some crickets adapted to the barren lava flows where they eat material blown in on the wind. Crickets have also adapted to lava tubes. Carnivorous spiders have followed these crickets and evolved to both environments. Remember, all of Hawaii is volcanic in origin. Without the volcanoes, the island's rich and diverse plant (and animal, especially insects) life would not exist.

Steve Mattox, University of North Dakota

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