Hannah Osborne is the planet Earth and animals editor at Live Science. Prior to Live Science, she worked for several years at Newsweek as the science editor. Before this she was science editor at International Business Times U.K. Hannah holds a master's in journalism from Goldsmith's, University of London.
Researchers in Spain have uncovered lost islands that sank into the ocean millions of years ago, some of which still have their beaches intact.
Scientists dubbed the newfound seamount Mount Los Atlantes after Plato's fabled civilization that the gods plunged into the ocean as a punishment for its citizens' immorality. Scientists found Mount Los Atlantes while exploring the seabed off the east coast of Lanzarote, the easternmost of the Canary Islands, using a remotely operated vehicle at depths of between 330 and 8,200 feet . The dive was part of IGME-CSIC's Atlantis project, which aims to better understand underwater volcanic and hydrothermal activity in the region.
"We have identified beaches, cliffs and sand dunes at the flat summit of the seamount," Somoza told Live Science, adding that the sand that now covers the volcanic rock would have been deposited when the islands were actively sinking.
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