Reporting in the journal Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, researchers at Brigham Young University say that the Hawaiian Islands are slowly dissolving. Eventually, Oahu’s Koolau and Waianae mountains will dwindle to little more than a flat, low-lying island like Midway. While erosion is certainly a guilty party, researchers contend that the mountains of Oahu are, in fact, dissolving from within.
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Researcher says the Hawaiian Islands are dissolving
CharlesWT
Makes sense. It happened to every former Big Island northwest of Niihau, all the way to the trench at the west end of the ocean.