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Arenal Volcano in November 2006

Increase in volcanic eruptions at the end of the ice age caused by melting ice caps and glacial erosion

02 Feb 2016

Researchers have found that glacial erosion and melting ice caps both played a key role in driving the observed global increase in volcanic activity...

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Geologists discover ancient buried canyon in South Tibet

20 Nov 2014

The discovery of an ancient buried canyon in Tibet rules out a popular model used to explain how the massive and picturesque gorges of the Himalaya...

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Storm on a rising tide, Orplands, Essex

Salt marsh plants key to reducing coastal erosion and flooding

02 Oct 2014

Study finds that natural flood defences such as salt marshes can reduce the height of damaging waves in storm surge conditions by close to 20%.

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