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Beneath The Middle East, An Ancient Seabed Is Splitting From The Continental PlatesThe Zagros Mountains and sediments that have accumulated over millions of years along the depression at the base of the mountains.

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Beneath The Middle East, An Ancient Seabed Is Splitting From The Continental PlatesThe Zagros Mountains and sediments that have accumulated over millions of years along the depression at the base of the mountains.
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Beneath The Middle East, An Ancient Seabed Is Splitting From The Continental Plates

clock-iconJanuary 30, 2025
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Unexpected And Unexplained Structures Found Deep Below The Pacific OceanA transparent version of our planet with an opaque core, showing blobs stretched and distributed around its interior

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Unexpected And Unexplained Structures Found Deep Below The Pacific OceanA transparent version of our planet with an opaque core, showing blobs stretched and distributed around its interior
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Unexpected And Unexplained Structures Found Deep Below The Pacific Ocean

clock-iconJanuary 8, 2025
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North America's Denali Fault Was Ripped Apart By Two Clashing LandmassesView of Alaska's Clearwater Mountains from the west across the Susitna River.

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North America's Denali Fault Was Ripped Apart By Two Clashing LandmassesView of Alaska's Clearwater Mountains from the west across the Susitna River.
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North America's Denali Fault Was Ripped Apart By Two Clashing Landmasses

clock-iconDecember 23, 2024
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How Is Earth’s Core Still Hellishly Hot After Billions Of Years?The volcanic eruption at Geldingadalir, Fagradalsfjall, Iceland.

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How Is Earth’s Core Still Hellishly Hot After Billions Of Years?The volcanic eruption at Geldingadalir, Fagradalsfjall, Iceland.
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How Is Earth’s Core Still Hellishly Hot After Billions Of Years?

clock-iconDecember 5, 2024
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Messinian Salinity Crisis: When The Mediterranean Sea Dried Into A Salty DesertA photograph taken from the International Space Station over Italy, the island of Sicily, and Mediterranean Sea

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Messinian Salinity Crisis: When The Mediterranean Sea Dried Into A Salty DesertA photograph taken from the International Space Station over Italy, the island of Sicily, and Mediterranean Sea
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Messinian Salinity Crisis: When The Mediterranean Sea Dried Into A Salty Desert

clock-iconOctober 24, 2024
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Africa Is Splitting In Half: Tectonic Forces Of Earth May Create A New Ocean In AfricaAn astronaut onboard the ISS captured this shot of the Red Sea and East Africa at dusk in December 2014.

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Africa Is Splitting In Half: Tectonic Forces Of Earth May Create A New Ocean In AfricaAn astronaut onboard the ISS captured this shot of the Red Sea and East Africa at dusk in December 2014.
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Africa Is Splitting In Half: Tectonic Forces Of Earth May Create A New Ocean In Africa

clock-iconOctober 23, 2024
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A Surviving Remnant Of Dinosaur-Era Tectonic Plate Rewrites Mantle BehaviorThe Nazca Plate has interesting tectonic activity at both ends today, and beneath there is an ancient remnant of a dinosaur-era subduction event.

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A Surviving Remnant Of Dinosaur-Era Tectonic Plate Rewrites Mantle BehaviorThe Nazca Plate has interesting tectonic activity at both ends today, and beneath there is an ancient remnant of a dinosaur-era subduction event.
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A Surviving Remnant Of Dinosaur-Era Tectonic Plate Rewrites Mantle Behavior

clock-iconOctober 2, 2024
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It's True: China’s Three Gorges Dam Is So Big It Changes Earth's SpinAn image of the Three Gorges Dam in China taken by astronauts on the International Space Station in April 2009.

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It's True: China’s Three Gorges Dam Is So Big It Changes Earth's SpinAn image of the Three Gorges Dam in China taken by astronauts on the International Space Station in April 2009.
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It's True: China’s Three Gorges Dam Is So Big It Changes Earth's Spin

clock-iconSeptember 18, 2024
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Watch 1.8 Billion Years Of Earth's Moving Tectonic Plates In Just 1 MinuteEarth planet with ancient supercontinent Rodinia, 3d rendering

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Watch 1.8 Billion Years Of Earth's Moving Tectonic Plates In Just 1 MinuteEarth planet with ancient supercontinent Rodinia, 3d rendering
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Watch 1.8 Billion Years Of Earth's Moving Tectonic Plates In Just 1 Minute

clock-iconSeptember 10, 2024
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New Microcontinent Discovered Between Greenland And CanadaThe Davis Strait, west of Greenland.

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New Microcontinent Discovered Between Greenland And CanadaThe Davis Strait, west of Greenland.
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New Microcontinent Discovered Between Greenland And Canada

clock-iconJuly 17, 2024
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300°C Liquid Oozes From Chimney-Like Vents Deep Below Arctic OceanFluids gush out of a "black smoker" at the Jotul hydrothermal field.

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300°C Liquid Oozes From Chimney-Like Vents Deep Below Arctic OceanFluids gush out of a "black smoker" at the Jotul hydrothermal field.
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300°C Liquid Oozes From Chimney-Like Vents Deep Below Arctic Ocean

clock-iconJuly 1, 2024
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New Maps Show 75 Percent Of US May Be Impacted By Earthquakes In Next CenturyA snippet of USGS Map displaying the likelihood of damaging earthquake shaking in the United States over the next 100 years.

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New Maps Show 75 Percent Of US May Be Impacted By Earthquakes In Next CenturyA snippet of USGS Map displaying the likelihood of damaging earthquake shaking in the United States over the next 100 years.
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New Maps Show 75 Percent Of US May Be Impacted By Earthquakes In Next Century

clock-iconJanuary 19, 2024
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The Indian Tectonic Plate Might Be Splitting In Two, Just Like Africamap showing the Indian tectonic plate

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The Indian Tectonic Plate Might Be Splitting In Two, Just Like Africamap showing the Indian tectonic plate
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The Indian Tectonic Plate Might Be Splitting In Two, Just Like Africa

clock-iconJanuary 16, 2024
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Africa Is Tearing Into Two Continents And A New Ocean Could Eventually Open UpAn astronaut onboard the ISS captured this shot of the Red Sea and East Africa at dusk in December 2014.

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Africa Is Tearing Into Two Continents And A New Ocean Could Eventually Open UpAn astronaut onboard the ISS captured this shot of the Red Sea and East Africa at dusk in December 2014.
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Africa Is Tearing Into Two Continents And A New Ocean Could Eventually Open Up

clock-iconDecember 8, 2023
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How Many Volcanoes Are Actively Erupting Today? More Than You May ThinkAnak Krakatau volcano in Indonesia erupting on an island and sea.

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How Many Volcanoes Are Actively Erupting Today? More Than You May ThinkAnak Krakatau volcano in Indonesia erupting on an island and sea.
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How Many Volcanoes Are Actively Erupting Today? More Than You May Think

clock-iconNovember 17, 2023
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