Pumice stone accumulation on Okinawa beach ‘disastrous’ for village
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The accumulation of pumice stones in beaches have been "disastrous" to fishing and tourism, an Okinawa resident said. The stones are believed to have travelled nearly 1,500km (932 miles) across the sea after a volcanic eruption off the Ogasawara Islands in August, according to Japanese public broadcaster NHK.
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Very rare to see something polluting a beach isn’t man-made.
It is not polluting the beach. Beach is natural. Pumice is natural. Only humans pollute. Think they own everything.
@@iownyou4669 it seems like pollution to me, cuz fishes died because of it, so it's a harmful substance for the environment. It just isn't man-made.
@@VictorMarwood i think its more of like a natural dissaster cause poluting means human made i think
@@VictorMarwood that's how our world made tru evolution before human existence.. Its just becamr harmful coz people need fish.. Tp eat.. So us humans think ita harmful
@@bababoie2314 depends on the definition of pollution, if you search Google says it's "the presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance or thing that has harmful or poisonous effects." So it doesn't have to do with humans.
Man, It's so hard to find high-quality garden pumice, this stuff would be perfect. It's got SEA-90 already loaded into it. If I was an Okinawa farmer, I'd start collecting this pumice to enrich my soil.
Agree, its actually blessing in disguise for Kunigami village and Okinawan government since those pumice are abundant, so they can sell it and earn profit for benefit of cancelled fisheries, beach events, and any activities that stop due pumice pollution. and they came from nature itself, volcanic pumice.
Yeah the government just needs to gather them and use them for other resources
Pumice is not that popularly used there. Japanese especially those that care for bonsai use akadama, kanuma and kiryuzuna
a disaster in the sea for now, treasure once collected and utilized for other things
@@AllForManKind77 there ain't no stopping or reduction in fishery or related as majority of them r just seafood lover and these island countries depend more on seafood than something available in the market
Pumice : pumice, a very porous, frothlike volcanic glass that has long been used as an abrasive in cleaning, polishing, and scouring compounds. ... Pumice is pyroclastic igneous rock that was almost completely liquid at the moment of effusion and was so rapidly cooled that there was no time for it to crystallize.
Thank you light yagami
very cool
Thank you light yagami
Informative.
Thephera and pumice are kinda the same type of rocks but very fine like ash Thephera eurupts into the air and takes weeks to settle and cover a large area around the source of the plume while pumice forms instantly like basalt but since the pumice is so hot as fine dust that it clumps into bigger peacies and becomes heaveir so pumice settels first after the eurption
I like how in the past weird events like this would probably lead to entirely new religious mythology lore.
Squid Game lore
@Lily Crab game lore
Oh please no, there's enough religious stupidity in the world as it is.
@@skateboardingjesus4006 Your picture is sideways
@@Someone-nt8wz Are you sure you're not just looking at it lying down?
On the bright side, the pumice in the beach helps remove unwanted flakes and hairs off the skin to create that smooth silky texture
How do u do that? Like just rub it in your skin?
@@a..4255 some people use pumice stones, rubbing it on their skin to get rid of the dead skin, so pretty much
These are way too small to use for that
@@rubybeau4774 wouldn't rubbing it hurt and make the skin red? Or is the pumice stone not that hard?
I came to say the same thing,a natural scrub down , people will be leaving there smoother than a baby's skin🤣🤣🤣
Fun fact: Pumice is the lightest rock in the world. It has air bubbles in it, which explains the fact that it can float.
That's why it's called karuishi in Japanese, it means "light rock" 👍
I have been looking through my light rock playlist and I can't find a band called pumice, are you sure you know what you are talking about?
float? like playboi carti?
@@damonthomas8955 😂
What about my man perlite?
It is predicted that it will also spread to East/South China Seas. Boat engines die by swallowing them so no boat can travel:fishing boats, ferries, navy vessels(!). Nuclear power plants could get into a serious trouble because seawater pumps for the cooling system could get damaged….they do apparently bring young corals and nutrients to coral reefs though…
@@alexander-mauricemillamlae4567 Sounds accurate enough. Also, oceans currents would sink some of the pumice, especially in shallower areas, causing destruction of coral as well.
>Boat engines die by swal..... cooling system could get damaged.
>They do however benifit coral reefs by giving nutrition.
Doomers: Fine then
@@realdeal1841 pretty sure a comet cant be "planet like"
This is when we start building floating ships. 😂
Will it also reduce the oxygen in water? Because the corals need oxygen too, right?
Nobody:
Not even the swimmer:
Okinawa resident: i thought it was romantic....
I'm not getting her how it could be romantic!?
she is the swimmer...
Maybe something lost in translation?
@@dreamie2009 maybe...😂😂🤣🤣
In Japanese “romantic” is used little differently, used to describe something of wonder, like something of fiction happening in real life
Collect it, wash with water and it becomes a saleable commodity
Whats pumice stone ?
@@elsacalliste2421 Hi Elsa the lion!! Volcanic eruptions give a very porous Ash or lava product and then this allows it to float around the oceans
@@perthpete7906 ohk thanks very much
@@perthpete7906 is it the same as coal?
@@bocahpetualang89 Kevin, its essentially got the chemical composition of basalt if I remember from my school days 45 years ago. Andesitic basalt compn
They could probably sell that stuff to companies that put pumice in stuff?
I used to remember a soap called Lava that had pumice in it. Made for scrubbing the skin. I guess that I’m showing my age. Is it still being sold these days?
@@aznboycols I don't know about soap but there are scrubbing stones that's made from that~
Use it to garden
@@aznboycols I remember that soap
Tiki that's a awesome idea 💡 they can sell it all over the world 🌎 and make money out of something mother nature blessed with!!!!
If Okinawa plays their cards right, they’re about to turn a potential disaster into a massive profit.
Looks like swimming through mixed concrete before it hardens.
Kinda satisfying
Brb going for a schwim
and she dunked her whole head in it. I wouldnt have been surprised if pumice entered her nose and ears. 🤦
Yeah. 😅😂
"Cannot swim here. Life threatening"
says the lady submerges her entire body in it.
?
She was in the shallow part of the water where standing was possible. I think she meant actually swimming, with no ground to stand on, because then, the pumice restricts mobility and tires you out quickly, obviously causing you to drown.
Demonstration
Quiet u clown
😂💯
When the Japanese takes 2-3 weeks to finish the cleanup, we can tell that it's a very serious problem
It’s probably going to last for many years
How many years has it been since fukashima? That far from being cleaned up.
Yep, while the same issue would have take 2-3 years for my government to clear up...
@@azmiherawan6510 ? THEY NEED IT TO RAISE GODZILLA
Literally makes no sense. Different spills/leaks or whatever effecting the environment will take weeks or even longer depending on what happened, it has nothing to do with "Japanese"
That volcano rocked their world.
nice pun lol
_take my like and go away_
Ba... Dum... Tss...
This comment deserves more likes
literally
Pumice has many personal and commercial applications, can this mini disaster be turned into a windfall?
It could be used in the manufacture of bricks, papers, cement or fertiliser.
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pumice is rather plentiful, so harvesting it from the sea wouldn't make sense given the extra expense. Plus not all pumice is the same. it's more of a name for a rock with a particular texture rather than an actual mineral composition.
Dry, bag, and sell. Pumice for gardening never breaks down and is a great exfoliant as well. You are lucky a natural resource came to enrich it
Make flower pots out of it. Terra Cotta pots are scarce and difficult to get. Japan you are known for your inventions.
Another idea wall plaster for filling gaps and cracks.
Dinner sets, cups, saucers, plates and bowls.
Driveways and Patios. You owe me if you get rich.
Beach:(doesn't get polluted)
Ocean:fine,ill do it myself
This is not pollution it is a natural occurrence get has been part of building the Earth for millions of years.
Renamed "Exfoliation Beach".
Harvest and sell it for bonsai potting mix
Does anyone know if this can be used for any kind of construction? it feels like a big waste just to trash those stones
Yes, it can be used as a lightweight aggregate for concrete. Might depend on its actual properties if this particular source is usable, though.
At least it can be used for gardener decoration. and in my country, Indonesia, one traditional method of it was being used to clean the toilet or for beauty industry like for skin tool treatment. it has many functions
It can be for cosmetic and medical purpose. Cleaning your skin and those flakes on your teeth
Farming
It can be used in concrete. Was used heavily in roman era concrete.
Best part is great to make light wieght concrete structures.
They're going to have the smoothest skin. Now just add moisturizer.
I lived in Okinawa for a while during my time in military, its sad to see what happened to the beaches. Loved living there
Flex more
@@zerootwoo5966 How is he flexing? He just stated that he lived there. Is it bragging to state where you lived, for example Finland or Belgium? I am confused and would like some clarification.
Fun Fact : Pumice is less dense than salt water. The reason why it floats.
This took “quick sand” to a whole nother level
ramsay
Collect it. Mix it with cement and create light weight concrete
This could be a gift from the gods, because people buy pumice!
As if Japanese are poor
@@angelinbenita5045 any culture that uses money has poor people
Ppl use it for farming right?
@@drfatmasclass9159 and body washes
@@AhJodie Yes!
I think it can be used to enrich the soil for farming, I hope they'll sell it abroad or use it locally to further help the economy of the island.
Honestly, this phenomenon of a bunch of pumice flooding the coastal waters is unique enough that they should exploit this for the tourist industry and draw potential customers to Okinawa
@@mechadoggy you put anything from the sea in a pretty jar and tourist will buy it as a keep sake for their trip. I am the biggest sucker for those things. I just want to bring a piece of paradise home with me.... If i were to visit there, i would surely buy a jar full of these stones.
@@ginadelsasso288 Exactly, Okinawa should just market this for now while their other economic stuff is on pause
Imagine slamming your younger sibling here
best way to get rid of em.
no loud noises. quick and effective. come up with an excuse that you didnt see him either. body can be hidden until a few months passesd.
task complete, peace aquired.
Oi oi oi...
@@diollinebranderson6553 no thanks I'm normal
@@johns3655 I’m not :)
@@BlingIsSpring soooo eDgY
I would rename the beach Maria spa and Palmas natural skin remover and I would charge….That’s how I take lemons and make lemonade
Figure out how to store it, collect it in a warehouse or a big pile outside or whatever and use it for your farmland and to sell. See if you can just start making one big pile or put in many smaller piles at different villages. I don’t know if it goes bad if you leave it pilled up to long.
You can import the pumices to lake/open reservoir for decreasing evaporation... Like the black golf ball thingy...
With the advantage of no microplastics.
As far as I understand, It's not clean and carries volcanic acidic chemicals. Besides that, it can only be used in reservoirs without any life (obviously). And unlike uniformly shaped plastic spheres, it's almost impossible to remove and it slowly turns into sand/dust polluting the water.
@@rinrin4711 That's called sediments which is the nutrient injections for river deltas. Pumice is really nutrient dense as a garden hobbyist I would love a truck load of that rocks.
Could it be used in the construction of cement structures? I mean even if used as a stucco additive, frothy pumice may have some insulating properties. Testing small batches would be most useful. If instead it has radiant heat absorption properties then it could be used in solar heating applicatiins.
Treat every curse like a blessing! Pumice is something used in gardening, cleaning, decorating, if something like this happens don't let it break your stride, take advantage of it!
Edit: What I mean by this is don't dwell on how bad your situation is. Take bad things as a sign to improve.
*Gets stabbed* treat it like a blessing!
Im joking
Do you say that when an entire Forest burns down? Lol
@@liagamer4265 lol
@@ramseydarkstar if the destruction was unintentional, leaders of communities surrounding the forest will now have more experience dealing with disasters and the aftermath of disasters, depending on what tree burnt, the forest might grow back on its own! And the next time a fire starts the people will be more prepared.
The backhoe is a very slow process. A net would be more effective hooked up to a machine or a winch.
If growing up watching Power Rangers has taught us anything its that a giant robot with backhoes for fingers would be even more effective.
Or the trash skimmer barge they’ve been using to clean rivers in Europe.
Nah, dude 400 people with shovels and buckets (lol jk)
What about animals and other things that might get picked up in a large net though? At least they have a chance with the smaller backhoe
@@user-pe2yx9kt4e I guess there might be some animals that can be caught but they can be released. It's no more damaging than fishing with a net
This volcanic rocks can have a measurement over 10cm in some cases
Just call body shop y’all, they come and collect em all and sell it as volcano pumice stone, made from real volcano. Make millions.. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
So is that the same pumice thats used for feet scrubbing? Cause if you can harden that and make the scrubbers I'd make a buisness out of it. Ijs
I agree
You may have a valuable product washing up on your shores. Wishing you all the best in clearing it up before it causes more damage though.
selling those stones can be a profitable jobs if you know about stone markets. They not only are light weight but also used in cosmetic industry to remove dry skins.
Go start scooping them and then sell online. Please come back here and tell us how’d you do😜
Honestly it looks like wet concrete
Who asked
@@Bilal_is_joking Cringe
@@Bilal_is_joking grrr
@@AncientakoCh Who is cringe and why he asked?
@@Bilal_is_joking that's a nice question, unfortunately your mother
I use pumice for my garden soil and they are also in demand because of the plant craze right now. They should wash those rocks then sell or use them for agriculture.
It's quite terrible to see that Okinawa's prefectural government is trying to clean up the sea from the pumice stones, but this doesn't stop the pumice stones from spreading to the East and South China Sea as well as the Philippine Sea.
By amazing you mean terrible?.?
I wonder what insects/ species are living in there
All bullies
fish
@@PunxTV123 fish died from swallowing rocks
My ex
@@Bilal_is_joking on the rocks I see
I wonder how long it would take to turn to sand by the motion of the waves and rocks grinding against eachother.
73 and a half months.
@@damonthomas8955 Why? I calculate 72 months, 3 weeks.
@@colorado841 you are obviously on the wrong wavelength.
@@damonthomas8955 You obviously spaced out about tidal forces.
@@colorado841 water you saying? I'm confused, not that I harbour any resentment about it, you seem to marsh to the beach of a different drummer.
You could say it‘s now a “Stone Ocean“
Jojo upcoming season confirmed*
Perfect comment
Agree with Trent, this is a marketable commodity for agricultural and more. I'd be more concerned that Volcano 🌋may have a few more unwanted surprises
Is this the Jojo: Stone Ocean everyone's been talking about?
ofc it is
I use a pumice stone on my feet mostly, or areas on my skin with ingrown hairs. On my feet I use Dove bar soap and scrub up and down. On my body very seldom I use it with conditioner and go in circles. I've had the same pumice stone for years. Once in a while I soak it in bleach water. Make sure it stays dry when you're not using it.
The lightest rock in the world is still from that Kenny G clarinet dude in the '80s.
Underrated comment.
If I were theme I'd fish it out of water mix with a bit of cement and try making figurines or souvenirs out of it, pumice syones are volcanic in origins so its a bit rare and people buy things they can collect.
Pumice can be gathered and sold for many different applications. I hope the local govt there takes advantage of this resource and divides the profits to those who lost money because of this event. I would love to purchase some. Be neat to make a rock garden with pumice being the base and make it Japanese themed. To know exactly where it came from would be the big bonus and the story behind the garden.
This is not a disaster but a blessing in disguise. If They where to start harvesting this stuff they can use it on farms gardens or even sell it to other farms. Wish something like that happened near me I would go and collect buckets of it.
No farmer would want to spread salted pumice on their fields.
The even more curious and interesting thing in this case is (in my opinion) the pumice due to its nature (fulfilled with air bubbles), be less dense than the water, making it to float.
my skin would be SO SMOOTH
This is cool. They way I would be making foot scrubbers to sell to spas if I was her. I hope they can use it somehow.
I think the simple solution would be paddle boats with some kind of net collector. Drag it from shore to sea back to shore. Slowly leveling off the pumice. Something like working it in lines. Like a lawnmower.
Sounds too cheap and simple. Make it expensive and complex
I found a couple of nice pumice stones down here in the Florida Keys. We don't have no volcanoes down here so I don't know where it come from. But it's great for sanding paint and wood. It kind of forms to what you're sanding. That is all natural.
Stay strong as always Okinawa! We miss the people and beautiful ocean views and food there!
might be wise to get big nets to scoop up all of that, all in a couple of. then put it back in the volcano.
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
It's an underwater volcano
@@twist777hz oh
@@twist777hz okay, thanks for that. practically better to put it in another one, i guess.
LoL :D
let’s be honest, we didn’t know what pumice stone is until now
it was just you
Nah just u
I have a pumice stone for scraping dead skin under soles of feet
You pleb😂😂😂
Been using pumice in soil mixes for decades.
That sound of the waves is neat.
Ah, she's living my geologist dream
I saw karuishi at Sakurajima... One maybe fell into my bag 😅😂 Most weathering is caused by geologists 😏😅😂🙈
They should've collect and sell them. It's great for soil.
Okinawa's government might as well have gotten treasure with all that pumice. It could even help the region recover from the pandemic's economical damage.
To think I might have swam at that beach when I was a kid in the 80's I still miss Okinawa and it's people
I wonder what the beaches after Krakatoa looked like, for how long, and when the residents of local beaches started taking action..
This is disasterous absolutely frightening. You know we don't get any proper world coverage news in Australia. This with other tragedies and disasters not mentioned.
They have 2 or 3 active volcanos now.
I would be so happy to collect tons of these pumice rocks for biological media for making pond filtration system 👍👍👍👍
I could build a huge fish farm with it 🔥🔥
I would be very hesitant to go in that, I would assume it could have a similar effect to quicksand.
Thanks for the upload. I have encountered a floating slab of pumice which I thought was a piece of Styrofoam. This is amazing, a beach full of floating gravel.
Collect them it can be filter media for aquariums.
You do it
@@Bilal_is_joking I would if given permission and I could fly there. dumb comment.
@@FlamerzZz You can fly there.. planes are available
@@Bilal_is_joking Japan is still not open to tourism
@@tllgestalt1942 Okay lol
Stop occupation of Ryuku and ge-n-o-c-i-d-e of Ryuku culture.
what is this Ryuku culture you're talking about
@@Nick72601 yeah, elaborate some more
japan colonized ryukyu (okinawa)
@@Nick72601 The Ryukyu used to have an entire independant kingdom before Japan, with their own indigenous musical forms and textile crafts. China and Japan for centuries tried to control the Ryukyu islands until 1897 where it was successfully swallowed by Japan, where the islands were renamed to Okinawa prefecture. This is also when Japan forced the Ryukyuans to not speak their own languages.
At the end of World War II, the US took over the Ryukyu island, who then recognised Japan's sovereignty over the region and gave it back to Japan in 1972. The US continues to maintain a large number of military installations on Okinawa Island.
The Ryukyuan language families are slowly being phased out as more people shift towards using Standard Japanese and dialects like Okinawan Japanese. This has resulted in the languages becoming endangered, with UNESCO labelling four languages as "Definitely Endangered" and two others as "Severely Endangered".
Basically, the genocide has already happened and there is little we can do to fix it, unless extensive funding and effort goes into preserving the languages which are already endangered.
@@Nick72601 Ryuku language to start with!!!
My garden is ready for some pumice like this, I wish I could take some of these 😩
Can't pumice be used in manufacturing somewhere? I feel like it's a windfall.
Yes it can be used. Gardening, decoration, construction, beauty spas and cleaning are some of the uses
Free Ryuku Kingdom!
Edited to see if this has been censored. Stop deleting my posts!!!
Poor island people just can’t seem to catch a break, from either man-made or natural environment issues…..
Man I haven't been to okinawa in almost 15 years, last time I was there was 2007, would love to go back, but man idk bout right now
Thank you for the important information
Godzilla's food cereal.
Free Ryuku Kingdom.
And stop deleting my Ryuku posts
Oooo, I would love to come to collect some. This is a great opportunity to utilize.
Oh my beautiful Okinawa😥
I know that village well. So sad.
Stop forcing Ryukuans to speak Japanese and act Japanese!!! Revive the Ryuku language!!!!!
"When we mention the "Ryukyu genocide", nobody panics. But when I say "Uyghur genocide", well then everyone loses their minds!"
Also, funny how China at least recognises it's minorities, but it took Japan till 2019 to at least recognise the Ainu as an indigenous culture.
Money is an issues that everyone has for a better and luxurious life. Life was hard for me Untill I started trading bitcoin and now earning $8,435 per week
I wanted to trade crypto but got discouraged by the fluctuations in price
Okay?
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Oddly specific and un relevant
This whole thread feels like an ad
Literally swimming with pumice there & here I am thinking about buying some pumice for bonsai.
she's actually famous singer / kinda comedian in Okinawa 😌and I'm from okinawa but I didn't even know about the beach! (okinawa is like Hawaii in Japan,so many beautiful beaches with clear water )
I hope this’ll be sorted out soon
This is a blessing for gardeners
And useful in construction
Wow I've never seen that from a volcano before. Wild.
I'm looking at that pumice, and I'm wondering if it has construction uses. Is that medium capable of being used in a cement or concrete ? Would it make a lightweight concrete ? If so, then skimming it off the surface of the water for that purpose could be beneficial.
It can be used as fertilizer iirc, great for the agriculture there
imagine going under the pumice enriched waters, back up, and then not being able to hear because now pumice is stuck in your ears 💀
This Rock Have already reached our Province Batanes. Which is relatively near Taiwan and Japan
So is it just me who knows Okinawa from the book 'Ikigai-Japnese secret for a long and happy life'?
Is there a use for that pumice sand? Like for agriculture, construction, etc, don't know...that way the villagers can gather it faster and sell it.
Well,for anyone who is building(if am not wrong) and lives near there they have hit a jackpot
but it would do more damage then help
Perfect for reclaiming land, or to use in concrete manducatory, All it needs is to be milled to 1 mm in size to rid the air out of the pumice, or leave it has it and use it for drainage
I’m surprised people haven’t taken to chance at making the pumice into a beauty product 😅
Is it easier to run on waters now that this has happened or still no?