【英语时差8,16】神奇的海底火山（上）

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Firefighters use water to battle a towering inferno¹. You might wonder if water could also stifle² an erupting volcano. Actually, this experiment happens every time a volcano erupts at the bottom of the ocean. What Happens When A Volcano Erupts Underwater? Most of the world’s volcanic³ action happens an average of eight thousand five hundred feet underwater. Deep beneath the waves there are an estimated one million volcanoes. As with land volcanoes, molten lava⁴ pushes up from beneath the sea floor at thousands of degrees Fahrenheit⁵.