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The United States has an opportunity in Libya. Resolving the Libya crisis is a

low-risk, high-reward option to weaken Isis and al-Qaeda.

Libya's challenges are complex, but fixable,

and solving them will have positive effects on three continents. The U.S.

tried to defeat Isis in Libya, and to contain the regional impacts of the

Libyan civil war. It failed. America backed Libyan partners

that had one eye on fighting Isis and the other on seizing territory. Conditions

that led to the rise of Isis in Libya remain, and al-Qaeda is building a base

under the radar. Russia looks to use its growing military and economic influence

in Libya to undermine NATO in the Mediterranean and pressure the EU. Libya

could be the place for the U.S. to strike a major blow against Isis and al-Qaeda.

A smart intervention to end the civil war and rollback both groups is

the best option. The U.S. should take back leadership and coordinate its

allies and partners to shape a durable outcome. The alternative is an unending

and expensive counterterrorism campaign.

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Hot Bubbling Magma Discovered Under New England States, Scientists Say - Duration: 2:39.

Hot bubbling magma discovered under New England states

scientists say

scientists at Rutgers University have discovered a massive body of magma rising underneath part of New England

using the National Science

Foundation's earth scope program the researchers examined 2 years worth of seismic data measured by

thousands of seismic measurement devices

46.6 miles apart across the continental United States

according to the NSF the earth scope program seeks to reveal the structure and evolution of the North American continent and the

processes that cause earthquakes and volcanic eruptions

Rutgers Today reported last month

The program helped scientists detect and infer more about the previously documented area of warmth under New England

The upwelling we detected is like a hot air balloon

And we infer that something is rising up through the deeper part of our planet under new england lead author vadim levin told

rutgers today

levin refers to seismic waves as vibrations that pass through our planet following earthquakes he told Rutgers today that

understanding seismic waves means

Understanding more about Earth's interior

They reveal the shapes of objects changes in the state of materials and clues about their texture

Under which states is the magma located the new found magma is under parts of Massachusetts, Vermont and New Hampshire

Should New England residents panic?

according to the Rutgers

researchers residents living above the magma those in Massachusetts, Vermont and New Hampshire

Don't need to panic or evacuate it will likely take millions of years for the upwelling to get where it's going

Levin said and if and when volcanoes do appear in New England the eruption won't be as devastating as the devastation

scientists expect from the Yellowstone supervolcano

It is not Yellowstone National Park like but it's a distant relative in the sense that something

Relatively small no more than a couple hundred miles across is happening Levin said

But the next step Levin said is to understand how exactly this upwelling underneath New England is happening