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Scientists Just Found Earth’s Pulse – And It’s Tearing a Continent Apart
Researchers mapped a pulsing mantle plume under Afar that channels molten rock upward, stretching Africa’s crust until it ...
Earth Is Spinning Faster and Days Are Getting Shorter, for Now
The planet’s rotation fluctuates as it travels around the sun, and measurements suggest we’re losing more than a millisecond ...
Something is ‘pulsing’ beneath the Earth, scientists say – and it could tear a continent apart
Scientists have detected deep pulses in the Earth beneath Africa – and it could tear the continent apart. The pulses are made up of molten mantle rock surging in rhythm, the researchers say. The plume ...
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Earth Is Pulsing Beneath Africa Where The Crust Is Being Torn Apart
The Afar junction is the point at which the Arabian, Nubian, and Somalian plates meet, each departing in their own directions to leave a widening gap under the Afar Triangle. Eventually, the crust ...
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Earth's crust is surprisingly similar to how it was 4 billion years ago
Earth's crust today has a surprisingly similar composition to the planet's first outer shell, or "protocrust," new research finds. ... Related: Earth's crust is peeling away under California.
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Scientists may have found a clean energy source hidden under the Earth
Scientists believe Earth’s crust may hold vast reservoirs of natural hydrogen, a hidden clean energy source with the potential to transform the global energy landscape.
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Scientists find rare evidence that Earth's crust is peeling - WKRC
A published study claims the Earth's crust is peeling. Thu, 10 Jul 2025 15:01:11 GMT ... Scientists said what’s happening under the Sierra Nevada could offer rare insight into how ...
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Earth is peeling underneath the Sierra Nevada, rare evidence shows - CNN
Scientists found new evidence that Earth’s crust is peeling underneath the Sierra Nevada in California. The process might be how the continents formed, they say.
Santorini earthquakes traced to sideways magma movement in crust, not traditional volcanic centers
When the island of Santorini was rattled by thousands of small earthquakes earlier this year, many people were left mystified ...
The oldest rocks on Earth are more than 4 billion years old
Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago, during the geological eon known as the Hadean. The name "Hadean" comes from the ...
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These rocks are probably the last remains of Earth's early crust
Geologists have long debated whether a stony formation in Canada contains the world’s oldest rocks – new measurements make a ...
A Fragment of Earth’s Original Crust Still Exists—and It’s Buried in Canada
Our planet has been asteroid-smashed, melted and eroded, enough that most of its original armor has been long buried. Except ...