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The geyser eruption has nothing to do with climate change
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/23/travel/yellowstone-hydrothermal-explosion
They're just becoming suspiciously more frequent.
Or just overdue. The Earth is not a quiet, peaceful place, we've just been rather lucky.
Unusual events are just a lot more likely to be captured by cameras. This particular basin erupted several times between 2006 and 2012
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