>>5415707It was only a matter of time before the relentless volcanic activity in the ice far above and in the abyssal crags far below reached the narrow band ecosystem, and the results were explosive. Sudden pyroclastic flows of superheated mud stripping entire mountainsides bare in seconds are now a fact of life made worse by the planet’s extreme pressure and the wild jets of boiling, poisonous steam they release into the ocean. These are an uncommon but unavoidable, invariably lethal hazard that prevents permanent forests establishing themselves anywhere but the stablest peaks. As a result, the already fragile ecosystem has been thrown into a continuous state of flux.
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