That high temperature would melt copper.

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And while amorphous silicon can be turned into crystalline silicon by heating it, the high temperature required causes plastic to melt.

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That raises the temperature of the sea, making the ice melt even faster.

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While earthquakes have often been blamed for rock failures and landslides on mountain slopes, scientists also point at global temperature rises for rapid thawing of snowfields and glacial melt that can disturb the flow of snow-fed rivers.

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At the bottom of the Knotty Head hole, the 450-degree-Fahrenheit temperature and the pressure (2, 000 times atmospheric) would crush or melt most drilling tools.

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