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New Plate Boundary Could Be Forming In Southern Africa As A Rift Breaks Through The Earth’s CrustView of the Zambezi River gorge from above on a sunny but hazy evening

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New Plate Boundary Could Be Forming In Southern Africa As A Rift Breaks Through The Earth’s CrustView of the Zambezi River gorge from above on a sunny but hazy evening
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New Plate Boundary Could Be Forming In Southern Africa As A Rift Breaks Through The Earth’s Crust

clock-iconMay 12, 2026

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Earth's "Basement" Finally Mapped: Ancient Sunken Plates Are Making Waves In The Deep MantleCross section of the varying layers of the Earth.

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Earth's "Basement" Finally Mapped: Ancient Sunken Plates Are Making Waves In The Deep MantleCross section of the varying layers of the Earth.
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Earth's "Basement" Finally Mapped: Ancient Sunken Plates Are Making Waves In The Deep Mantle

clock-iconApril 3, 2026

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This Is Why There's So Much Oil In The Middle EastAn industrial facility in Iran against the backdrop of mountains

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This Is Why There's So Much Oil In The Middle EastAn industrial facility in Iran against the backdrop of mountains
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This Is Why There's So Much Oil In The Middle East

clock-iconMarch 25, 2026

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Australia Racing Poleward 3.5 Billion Years Ago Is The Oldest Direct Evidence Of Tectonic Plate MovementThe desert landscape and 3.5 billion year old rocks of the Pilbara Craton, Western Australia.

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Australia Racing Poleward 3.5 Billion Years Ago Is The Oldest Direct Evidence Of Tectonic Plate MovementThe desert landscape and 3.5 billion year old rocks of the Pilbara Craton, Western Australia.
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Australia Racing Poleward 3.5 Billion Years Ago Is The Oldest Direct Evidence Of Tectonic Plate Movement

clock-iconMarch 20, 2026

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A Giant Magnetic Anomaly Beneath Earth's Surface Has Been Mapped With Incredible DetailCSIRO researchers describe a magnetic anomaly in the Northern Territory which resembles the shape of the Australian coastline.

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A Giant Magnetic Anomaly Beneath Earth's Surface Has Been Mapped With Incredible DetailCSIRO researchers describe a magnetic anomaly in the Northern Territory which resembles the shape of the Australian coastline.
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A Giant Magnetic Anomaly Beneath Earth's Surface Has Been Mapped With Incredible Detail

clock-iconFebruary 6, 2026
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The Zombie Awakens: A Volcano Is Showing "First Signs" Of Unrest After 700,000 Years Of QuietA view of Taftan Volcano through the trees of southeastern Iran.

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The Zombie Awakens: A Volcano Is Showing "First Signs" Of Unrest After 700,000 Years Of QuietA view of Taftan Volcano through the trees of southeastern Iran.
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The Zombie Awakens: A Volcano Is Showing "First Signs" Of Unrest After 700,000 Years Of Quiet

clock-iconOctober 17, 2025
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You Can Watch 1.8 Billion Years Of Earth's Tectonic Plates Shifting In This 1-Minute VideoA photograph of Earth taken by an astronaut onboard the ISS on February 13, 2018, showing the planet in its current form.

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You Can Watch 1.8 Billion Years Of Earth's Tectonic Plates Shifting In This 1-Minute VideoA photograph of Earth taken by an astronaut onboard the ISS on February 13, 2018, showing the planet in its current form.
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You Can Watch 1.8 Billion Years Of Earth's Tectonic Plates Shifting In This 1-Minute Video

clock-iconJune 17, 2025
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What Is This Giant Line That Slices Through Scotland?The Great Glen Fault, highlighted with a red circle, shown on a satellite image of snow-capped Scotland.

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What Is This Giant Line That Slices Through Scotland?The Great Glen Fault, highlighted with a red circle, shown on a satellite image of snow-capped Scotland.
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What Is This Giant Line That Slices Through Scotland?

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There's A Vast Superplume Hidden Under East Africa That May Be Causing It To SplitA geothermal power plant in Menengai has helped geologists learn the source of the plume that is splitting the region in two.

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There's A Vast Superplume Hidden Under East Africa That May Be Causing It To SplitA geothermal power plant in Menengai has helped geologists learn the source of the plume that is splitting the region in two.
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There's A Vast Superplume Hidden Under East Africa That May Be Causing It To Split

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A Giant Mountain Range Has Been Hidden Under Antarctica's Ice For Millions Of YearsSomewhere beneath here, in East Antarctica, there's a massive mountain range.

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A Giant Mountain Range Has Been Hidden Under Antarctica's Ice For Millions Of YearsSomewhere beneath here, in East Antarctica, there's a massive mountain range.
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A Giant Mountain Range Has Been Hidden Under Antarctica's Ice For Millions Of Years

clock-iconMay 13, 2025
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Greenland Is Already Part Of North America, But Only In Terms Of Tectonic PlatesSunsets over the capital of Nuuk in Greenland.

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Greenland Is Already Part Of North America, But Only In Terms Of Tectonic PlatesSunsets over the capital of Nuuk in Greenland.
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Greenland Is Already Part Of North America, But Only In Terms Of Tectonic Plates

clock-iconApril 10, 2025
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Earth's Geomagnetic Pole Flips Are Written In Giant "Zebra Stripes" On The SeafloorDeep Sea Hydrothermal Vents in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

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Earth's Geomagnetic Pole Flips Are Written In Giant "Zebra Stripes" On The SeafloorDeep Sea Hydrothermal Vents in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
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Earth's Geomagnetic Pole Flips Are Written In Giant "Zebra Stripes" On The Seafloor

clock-iconApril 7, 2025
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Which Of Earth's Continents Is Moving The Fastest? And Where Is It Going?Planet Earth and the International Space Station pictured by an astronaut onboard the Space Shuttle in August 2007

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Which Of Earth's Continents Is Moving The Fastest? And Where Is It Going?Planet Earth and the International Space Station pictured by an astronaut onboard the Space Shuttle in August 2007
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Which Of Earth's Continents Is Moving The Fastest? And Where Is It Going?

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China's New Ship Can Drill 11 Kilometers Deep, Hoping To Reveal The Secrets Of Earth's MantleWorker on ship standing on the platform waiting for arrival robotics Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV) for the sea during sunrise

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China's New Ship Can Drill 11 Kilometers Deep, Hoping To Reveal The Secrets Of Earth's MantleWorker on ship standing on the platform waiting for arrival robotics Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV) for the sea during sunrise
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China's New Ship Can Drill 11 Kilometers Deep, Hoping To Reveal The Secrets Of Earth's Mantle

clock-iconMarch 14, 2025
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Oceans May Have Taken 500 Million Years To De-Acidify Enough For LifeWe can't take the pH of the oceans of the early Earth, much as we wish, but one team think they have modelled it migrating from 5.0 to more than 7

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Oceans May Have Taken 500 Million Years To De-Acidify Enough For LifeWe can't take the pH of the oceans of the early Earth, much as we wish, but one team think they have modelled it migrating from 5.0 to more than 7
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Oceans May Have Taken 500 Million Years To De-Acidify Enough For Life

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