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... that volcanic
fumaroles
deposit more than 240 distinct, rare
fumarole minerals
(examples pictured)
?
... that the
permeability of rocks affected by faults
can increase or decrease as a result of seismic activity?
... that fossils of the cypress
Taxodium dubium
have been found as far north as
Spitsbergen
and
Denali
?
... that the
1888 eruption of Ritter Island
reduced the 780-metre tall (2,560 ft) volcano to a height of just 140 metres (460 ft)?
... that
fossil echinoids
(example pictured)
can be used to date
the various chalk strata of the
White Cliffs of Dover
?
... that during the
2020 Zagreb flash flood
, residents broke into a dam control building to drain floodwaters from the city?
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