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The Earth's Crust Is Going through Massive Changes Under California at an Alarming Rate
The Earth's Crust Is Going through Massive Changes Under California at an Alarming Rate The crust of Earth constantly changes ...
New Scientist2h
We are finally getting to grips with how plate tectonics started
Today, the upheavals of plate tectonics continually reshape Earth. When this began is much disputed - and we can’t fully understand how life began to thrive on our planet until we figure it out ...
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Modeling Mantle Dynamics as the Earth Slowly Cools
An update of the convection code ASPECT enables full coupling of plume dynamics with buoyancy effects of transition zone ...
The Earth’s Core Is Not as Solid As We Thought, Yet Another Study Speculates
A new study of decades worth of seismogram data shows that the surface of Earth’s iron and nickel core is more malleable than ...
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Magnesium and boron isotope evidence for the generation of arc magma through serpentinite mélange melting
In a recent paper published in National Science Review, a jointed team of scholars from China and UK has made significant ...
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The Earth’s Crust Opens: What Happens Next?
"An epic exploration of possibilities. What If is a Webby Award-winning science web series that takes you on a journey through hypothetical worlds and possibilities, some in distant corners of the ...
We Found an Unexpected Anomaly in the Pacific Ocean
Earth must have experienced something exceptional 10 million years ago. Our study of rock samples from the floor of the ...
A Direct Hit? New Study Redefines the Moon’s Largest Crater
Scientists have long thought that the South Pole-Aitken basin was formed by a shallow-angle impact, but new research suggests ...
Smithsonian Magazine6d
Earth’s Inner Core Is Changing Shape, Study Finds, Indicating Even More Dynamic Shifts Deep Within Our Planet
Seismic wave data previously suggested the Earth’s hot inner core is slowing its spin. Now, researchers say it’s also ...
The University of Chicago Chronicle8d
Scientists track sea ice loss with earthquake sensors
On Ellesmere Island in the Arctic, on one of the northernmost points of land in the world, sits a small permanent seismic ...
Public Radio International8d
Scientists say Earth’s core is changing shape
Dust off your old science textbook from grade school and you’ll probably find a familiar illustration of the Earth sliced in half, revealing the planet’s layers, from the crust down to the core — ...