Word: volcanoes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...volcano and a drought destroy the world's first empire...
...identified a thin veil of volcanic ash, one quarter of an inch thick, underneath 8 to 20 inches of silt. The layers showed no evidence of having been disturbed by earthworms and also showed patterns characteristic of soil that has settled after a dust storm. It looked like a volcano had erupted, perhaps in nearby Turkey, and a long drought had followed...
...volcano cause the ancient drought? "That's unlikely," Weiss says. "Volcanos are not known to generate climatic changes of this duration or intensity." So, with one mystery solved, researchers find themselves trying to explain how a drought can persist for three centuries. At least one thing seems certain. The ancient Mesopotamians did not cause the heavens to dry up. That raises the ominous possibility that it could happen again. And that modern humanity, by dumping pollutants into the atmosphere, is tinkering with a climatic system more complex and random than humans have realized...
...visitors get more than water for their tickets ($38 per adult during the peak May-October season). Seagaia also has the Bali Hai zone, where an artificial volcano explodes every 15 min. with a thundering boom and a plume of smoke. The inside of the volcano is open for viewing -- and leads all who dare enter into the Dragon Sanctuary, where a skeletal creature is enshrined in light amid spooky music. Nearby is an adventure ride called Water Crash -- a drip-dry, 5-minute introduction to white-water rafting. The rapids are projected onto a screen as the raft bucks...
When Ryan and Hanks finally get together, the twosome evokes the on-screen chemistry they had in "Joe Versus the Volcano." Which is to say: None. Watching these two actors together is about exciting as watching the interaction between Alka-Seltzer and water...