Tectonic Plate Movements, Not Volcanoes, Drove Major Climate Shifts Over 540 Million Years
New research study obstacles traditional knowledge by showing that mid-ocean ridges and continental rifts, not volcanic eruptions, played the main function in climatic carbon swings and long-lasting environment shifts throughout…
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Ocean plate from time of Pangaea is now being torn apart under Iraq and Iran
A view of the Zagros mountains in Iran, where an oceanic plate is tearing apart. ( Image credit: Allan Baxter through Getty Images ) A long-lost oceanic plate is diving…
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Did plate tectonics give rise to life? Groundbreaking new research could crack Earth’s deepest mystery.
Plate tectonics may have played a larger role in the evolution of life on Earth than we previously thought. (Image credit: Nicholas Forder) Earth’s surface is a turbulent place. Mountains…
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