It’s not just Queensland that’s having a ding-dong fight with Mother Nature at the moment… A 6.2 magnitude earthquake in northwest China claimed at least 127 lives and injured over 700 on Monday night. The quake, which struck in the Gansu province and has affected neighbouring Qinghai and Xinjiang (aka some of the poorest areas of China…), has seen thousands of rescuers working in freezing conditions. China is no stranger to earthquakes because it sits across where the Eurasian, Indian, and Pacific plates meet. And over in Iceland, a volcano is erupting on the Reykjanes peninsula following weeks of seismic activity that prompted the evacuation of the nearby town of Grindavík in November. It’s the largest in the eruption-prone area since 2021, but it hasn’t disrupted international flight corridors. Which is a pretty important thing at this time of year…