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fromMail Online
2 months ago

REVEALED: The hidden force tearing one of Eath's continents apart

The East African Rift System is causing the continent to slowly split due to tectonic plate movements and a superplume beneath the surface.
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fromMail Online
1 month ago

Mysterious blobs deep inside Earth may fuel volcanic eruptions

Gigantic volcanic eruptions may originate from mysterious 'blobs' within Earth's mantle, posing serious global threats.
fromFuturism
1 month ago

Horrifying Research Finds Melting Glaciers Could Activate Deadly Volcanoes

"Glaciers tend to suppress the volume of eruptions from the volcanoes beneath them," said University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate student and lead author Pablo Moreno-Yaeger in a statement. "But as glaciers retreat due to climate change, our findings suggest these volcanoes go on to erupt more frequently and more explosively."
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

A cascade can be more positive': social tipping points expert on fixing climate crisis

A tipping point is where change becomes self-propelling within a system, meaning it will shift from one state to another.
Environment
fromKqed
1 month ago

When Is the Summer Solstice? Plus, Science Events to Celebrate | KQED

Earth's axial tilt, resulting from a collision, is crucial for seasonal changes.
The summer solstice marks the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.
The date of the summer solstice changes yearly due to the Earth's orbit.
Summer can be defined astronomically or meteorologically with different timelines.
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fromwww.scientificamerican.com
2 months ago

Churn, Build, Erode: See How Animals Use 76,000 Gigajoules of Energy Sculpting Our Planet Every Year

Animals play a significant role in shaping the landscape, exerting energy equivalent to extreme floods.
New research highlights zoogeomorphology, the study of landform changes caused by animals.
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fromwww.nytimes.com
4 months ago

Xavier Le Pichon, Who Modeled Movement of Earth's Crust, Dies at 87

Xavier Le Pichon revolutionized our understanding of tectonic plates and their movements, significantly advancing the field of geodynamics.
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