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I have a related question to the one I asked earlier. A lot of future evolution scenarios--the Neocene Project, for example--have the Hawaiian islands and other volcanic islands still existing as much as 25 million years from now. But I was under the impression that volcanic islands were usually short-lived, lasting for a few million years at most.
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I have a related question to the one I asked earlier. A lot of future evolution scenarios--the Neocene Project, for example--have the Hawaiian islands and other volcanic islands still existing as much as 25 million years from now. But I was under the impression that volcanic islands were usually short-lived, lasting for a few million years at most.
The Hawaiian hotspot has been going on since the Late Cretaceous at least, potentially older if there's more seamounts that have been subducted beneath the Aleutian trench, leaving a trail from the trench all the way to the modern Hawaiian islands. Some mantle plumes like that can last for quite some time.

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And back to my old question, are there any marine mantle plumes we know of now that are currently underwater but could potentially form islands in the future?
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Does anyone have any estimates for how long the Galapagos island chain will exist? How about New Caledonia? Socotra?
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What is the etymological difference between 'spiracle' and 'nostril'? I've done some research, but all I've come across for spiracle is 'a usually respiratory opening'.

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The way I'm familiar with it being used, a nostril is a specific kind of spiracle connected to a set of nasal passages. People are unlikely to use the term spiracle when the term nostril is available, though with some animal groups it happens now and then, like blowholes of cetaceans sometimes being called spiracles.
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Apr 2 2018, 10:24 PM
Does anyone have any estimates for how long the Galapagos island chain will exist? How about New Caledonia? Socotra?
In lines of the Galapagos, there really isn't any estimates, but we do know a bit of it's history, that might help us figure it out. First, the volcanic province that made the islands is relatively young, having begun around 20 million years ago-maybe a bit more, but that still up in the air. This would seem to indicate that it might still be quite active in the future.

However, we also know that the mantle plume's maximum potential intensity is similar to the Icelandic plume and only half as strong as the Hawaiian plume. Now I'm going to go on a bit of a speculative leap here, but this may indicate that the Galapagos plume won't last nearly as long as the Hawaiian plume, so the island chain may not last more than... 50 to 100 million years? I'm spit-balling with that estimate, btw.

Although do note that even in that case, the islands 50 millions hence will most certainly not be the current islands, but entirely new ones. The Nazca plate will move those current islands off the mantle plume, and they'll erode to nothing over time.
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Mar 28 2018, 03:45 PM
assuming that a super advanced (very advanced) civilization, which has the knowledge of building planetary systems and creating planets, how could they save a star dying? Just always throwing more "fuel" in it?
Removing helium and other impurities would also help, probably more than just adding more hydrogen. Also, you get colossal amounts of raw materials.
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To what extent does the motorized flight resemble the swimming, without prejudice to the locomotion on land? In comparison to Earth's gravity / atmosphere, what would be a good number of gravity / atmosphere?
for example, we want to make it easier to get away, but we do not want everything to fly for nothing.

And also about atmospheres, what is the relationship between dense atmospheres and turning the planet into a hot hell? Does it depend on the composition of the atmosphere or your mood? (In thesis we want dense atmosphere, but not a Venus)

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Do most arthropods support large temperature changes? like Very hot and very cold places?
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Okay, after reading a little about corals, I discovered that some do symbiosis with dinoflagellates, so I thought of some kind of evolution of a totally autotrophic coral, like a new kingdom, one analogous to plants, but aquatic. is there any limitation in this development?

another thing, the corals are several polyps together, an anemone is like a great polyps alone and totally "evolved" right?
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Is there a thread where you can ask for suggestions for the naming of projects? If not, can I start one?
There are no name suggestion threads, but you can certainly start a project whenever you want to.
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Apr 5 2018, 04:10 PM
Okay, after reading a little about corals, I discovered that some do symbiosis with dinoflagellates, so I thought of some kind of evolution of a totally autotrophic coral, like a new kingdom, one analogous to plants, but aquatic. is there any limitation in this development?

another thing, the corals are several polyps together, an anemone is like a great polyps alone and totally "evolved" right?

Well, corals are already sort of analogous to plants. They are sessile, spread asexually, and use sexual reproduction to establish new colonies elsewhere. Some reef corals might be able to grow without zooplankton to eat, and their zooxanthellae definitely help coral to grow.

I didn't read the whole thing, but here's a paper that explores the topic of whether we should consider corals autotrophs or heterotrophs: Reef Corals: Autotrophs or Heterotrophs?

Corals are a bit more picky than plants, which can limit where they grow. They like water to be consistently pretty warm, and tend to like stable salinities (they don't like growing near estuaries). They tend to have a hard time in intertidal areas because they don't like being exposed to air, but also don't like growing too deep because this limits the light they get (low light makes it hard for them to photosynthesize and secrete calcium carbonate). They also need clear water with little sediment suspended in it, as sediment can cover the coral and hamper photosynthesis and feeding.

So, even if they were entirely autotrophic, corals would have a hard time establishing a wider distribution.

And yeah, anemones are solitary polyps! Corals can also grow as single polyps, but they are distinguished by (among other things) their ability to secrete a calcium carbonate skeleton.
Both corals and anemones are polyp shaped cnidarians, which is essentially an upside down medusa (what jellyfish spend most of their life as).

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