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How ancient volcanoes infused oxygen into the air we breathe
A University of Tokyo study suggests ancient eruptions enriched oceans with nutrients, causing brief oxygen spikes long ...
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Groundbreaking discovery: How researchers found remnants of Earth's primordial crust near Perth
The ancient crust of Australia is crucial for understanding the early Earth, because it tells us about how the continental crust formed and evolved. Continental crust forms the foundation of ...
Earth's oldest impact crater was just found in Australia—exactly where geologists hoped it would be
We have discovered the oldest meteorite impact crater on Earth, in the very heart of the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The crater formed more than 3.5 billion years ago, making it the oldest ...
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The Continental Slide
New crust is continually being pushed away from divergent boundaries (where sea-floor spreading occurs), increasing Earth's surface. But the Earth isn't getting any bigger. What happens ...
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'The continents are collapsing’: Scientists just found a hidden process reshaping Earth
Beneath the central and southern Sierra Nevada, seismic signals confirmed a slow-motion detachment of deep crust, matching theories of global-scale continental evolution over geologic time.
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Plate tectonics
Continental and oceanic plates all fit together to form the outer crust of the planet. Eight major plates are named on the diagram below. Heat from the core makes magma in the mantle rise towards ...