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Ah, silly me, I've only just realised that it's come up right next door to existing islands. I managed to miss the second video in that article completely. That means life should migrate onto there rather quickly.
Great shape.
I've looked at Surtsey before. It's located so close to a major landmass that somehow it's not surprising animal life got there so fast. In Tonga, you'd guess it would be plants or animals from the wooded island to the northeast that would be far less diverse than arrivals from Iceland.
Oliver Schick
Moss, Lichen, some plants & Birds if Surtsey is owt to go by
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surtsey
(Yet to read the guardian article so it may mention this.)