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Forget Oil, This Company is Drilling for Magma
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Forget Oil, This Company is Drilling for Magma

September 21, 2021July 25, 2023

Theorized as a potential future center of volcanology on Earth, a “magma well” in remote Iceland is the site…

The World Heritage Committee Meets To Determine Class Of 2019
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The World Heritage Committee Meets To Determine Class Of 2019

July 2, 2019

Kafu, Azerbaijan, July 1st, 2019. The 43rd meeting of UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee is slated to meet in Kafu,…


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