The sea erodes rocks with hydraulic action and abrasion. More and more erosion occurs making the rock more steeper until it forms a cliff.
The answer would be transform boundaries where crust is neither created or destroyed and an example is movement on the San Andreas Fault which is primarily lateral movement on or close to the surface and no melting of rock is involved.
Domesticating plants marked a major turning point for humans: the beginning of an agricultural way of life and more permanent civilizations. Humans no longer had to wander to hunt animals and gather plants for their food supplies. Agriculture—the cultivating of domestic plants—allowed fewer people to provide more food.
One of Han Yu's particular objections to Buddhism was that it encouraged people to engage in unhealthy practices of bodily mortification.
Idk A drought or not enough water?