Around 90 percent of the world's quakes pop off in the disjointed string of subduction zones that trace the so-called ring of fire, which stretches in an arc around the Pacific Ocean from the ...

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Global temperatures hit record highs the past three years in a row—and the people of the Pacific have been feeling ... Abnormally warm ocean waters can bleach corals, which occurs when stressed ...