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…is to be learned about this planet we live on, and the place to learn it is the ocean. From studying oceanography we can learn what our plant use to look like, why we have earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, where mountains and deep-sea trenches come from, and also why…

…there is an 80% chance that the Tungurahua volcano will erupt. Only minor eye irritations and respiratory problems have been reported as a result of the volcanic gases and activity. Economic development seems to be doing well along with the reduction…

…in 1999 is volcanic activity, so major volcanic eruptions could occur in May 2000, which could be enormous. The planets will start lining up in April 2000, so the increased earthquakes and volcanoes could start then, increasing in May. The most quantitative…

…deposition, which falls to Earth. When we burn coal, we are releasing (SO2), into the air, since coal is slight made up of sulphur. Volcanic eruptions can add a great deal of sulphur into the atmosphere. Everyday organic decay adds sulphur into the air as well…

…by the thinner weakened crust. If this is the case then the magma can penetrate the lithosphere, and eventually erupt on the surface. The action of the magma forcing its way up can trigger earthquakes as it breaks through the crust. When its breaks through the crust…

…substances are limited in use, their residues continue to deplete the ozone layer and will do so for years to come. Natural events, such as volcanic eruption, with clouds of dust particles, can also affect the way chlorine depletes the ozone layer. Still one other…

…at Mycenae. A volcanic eruption in 1400 BC caused the destruction of the Minoan Thera, an island east of Crete. The destruction crushed the Minoan functionality and their culture was absorbed by the Mycenaean Greeks (New World, p G254). Around 1200 BC…

…because it forms from volcano eruptions. Rhyolite can look very different depending on how it erupts (www.volcanoes.usgs.edu). Rhyolite can be made up of many different colors ranging from dark gray to pink (www.infoplease.com). Special pieces of rhyolite…

…does not accept that in the past there have been global catastrophes - only minor, local catastrophes, such as the odd volcanic eruption, tidal wave and so forth - but nothing global. The Bible, on the other hand, uses three chapters to describe a flood…

…of multiple volcanic eruptions. Sometimes, we have periods of intense volcanism, when the continental plates are more than usually mobile, and there is extensive mountain building. Some have thought that this extinguished the dinosaurs, but Dr David Brez Carlisle…