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Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Taftan, a 13,000-foot-tall stratovolcano in southeastern Iran, is showing signs of life with a rapid uplifting of ground near the summit over the ...

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On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents A new study published by the Geophysical Research Letters journal has found that the volcano’s summit has risen by ...

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