The following are the effects of volcanoes:
- Loss of life and property.
- Sometimes tsunamis get generated due to volcanic eruptions occurring below ocean floors.
- Dust, smoke, ash, gases, water vapour, etc. remain in the atmosphere for a long time.
- This may create an imbalance in the environment.
- Land may become fertile due to volcanic ash.
- Many minerals are found near the earth’s surface because of lava.
- New land is formed due to volcanic eruption or at times, an island may even disappear.
- Lakes are formed at the mouth of the craters of dead volcanoes when rainwater accumulates in them.
