Blog for Bio: BREAKING NEWS: Volcanic Eruption in Roxanian Temperate Grassland

4:23 am April 21st, on the Roxanian Temperate Grassland, a volcanic eruption broke out. The lava produced by the eruption killed large amounts of plants and animals. Tephra spreads across the grassland, covering plants on the grassland, which prevented plants from doing photosythesis. The explosion during the eruption also caused wide-ranged fire on the Grassland. As a result, most of the plants on the Roxianian Grassland were killed. A lot of the animals that had not yet fled from the disaster breath in the tephra and volcanic gas such as sulfur dioxide released during the eruption and died from suffocating. Others died from the lack of food source since most keystone specie plants died.

The volcanic eruption also caused the temperature on the Roxanian Temperate Grassland to increase drastically. Due to the volcanic dust blown into the atmosphere and covering the sun, it will look like night throughout the day, and temperature will eventually drop below the normal temperature. The change in the amount of sunlight and temperature will affect organisms' routine and make it even harder for the remaining organisms to survive.

Although the biome is almost completely destroyed, it will be comparatively easier for some organisms to adapt to the new environment. For example, some plants on the temperate grassland are adapted to occasional wild fire. For some of the plants, even if the parts above ground is burnt, their roots can resprout after the fire. Some require fire to carry out their germination process. These plants were probably able to survive the fire caused by the volcanic eruption and resprout after a short time.

Volcanoes have an effect on animals that are sometimes positive. They wipe the ecology slate clean and destroy invasive species. Lava and ash can actually improve the soil around volcanoes. These two outcomes lead to a vibrant return of native plant life after a couple of years, which eventually bring back animals as well.