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Horse Hill Oil Site was discovered in 2015Invicta Kent Media/Shutterstock More than 100 earthquakes that shook southern England were likely caused by oil drilling, experts say.…
A replica of the “Welcome Stranger,” a 100 kg gold nugget discovered in Australia in 1869.Ian Dagnall/Alamy Earthquakes can create electric fields that attract gold dissolved…
Amplify: To increase the number, amount, or other measure of a response. Note The phenomenon of focusing mental resources on a particular object or event. average:…
Earth can be visualized as a chaotic mass of rocky tectonic plates floating on a sea of molten metal. These plates are constantly moving and rubbing…
Tutuila, the largest island in the U.S. territory of American Samoa Peto Laszlo/Alamy The Samoa Islands are sinking at an accelerated pace after earthquakes caused deformation…