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Oppenheimer

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Danger and drama on mountains of lava: Tales of a volcano chaser

Strange customs and legends spring up around volcanoes, and globetrotting volcanologist Clive Oppenheimer has heard some of the most bizarre myths around

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Huge lake discovered 15 kilometres under a volcano

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Huge lake discovered 15 kilometres under a volcano

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Glen Canyon

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Space view makes for an eerie sight of the Colorado river

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The San Francisco Bay Area from above

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Why San Francisco’s next quake could be much bigger than feared

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fracking

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You can see fracking's impact on Earth's surface from space

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Corals with forest visible above sea surface

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Where will we find the first telltale signs of the Anthropocene?

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Two researchers holding up one of the pieces of rock in question. It has a wavy line on it that represents the putative fossil

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Ancient rock formations could be oldest fossils on the planet

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boat at moorings. a bit dull

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Floating lab drills 1.5km below sea floor to study megaquakes

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Giant ancient supervolcanoes threw rock right across Australia

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Giant ancient supervolcanoes threw rock right across Australia

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The seabed

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World’s oldest ocean crust dates back to ancient supercontinent

The rock at the bottom of the eastern Mediterranean is 340 million years old, and could yield secrets of the formation – and breakup – of the ancient Pangaea continent

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Rainbow cake mountains show stunning slices of colour

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Some of the earliest plants took root by growing up, not down

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First evidence of legendary flood reveals China's origin story

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Done right, seabed mining could be environmentally friendly

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