Why Is This Island Disappearing?

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