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California wildfire explodes to over 65,000 acres, shuts down highway  SFGATE Gifford Fire Grows to More Than 43,000 Acres as More Evacuations Ordered  The Santa Barbara Independent Gifford Fire Burns 65,000 Acres in California’s Los Padres Forest  The New York Times Gifford Fire Still Growing Rapidly; Highway 166 to Remain Closed  Noozhawk California’s Gifford Fire engulfs nearly 50,000 acres as explosive spread leads to …

In 2014, a lake hidden beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet suddenly began to drain. The event occurred with such force that a surge of water was sent directly upwards, splitting through the ice to create a crater almost one kilometre deep. In the 10 days that followed, 90 million cubic metres of water were released from the lake – roughly …