plate tectonics

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Earth’s Early Magma Oceans Detected in 3.7 Billion Year-Old Greenland Rocks

Helen M Williams 14/03/2021

As the Earth cooled from cosmic collisions during its...

Over the Himalaya… Credit: 12019/pixabay

Using Natural Clocks to Understand Asia Before India Collided With It

Suvrat Kher 09/09/2018

A story of subducting tectonic plates stored in natural...

A view of the Venus reconstructed from radar images that Magellan took between 1990 and 1994. Credit: NASA/JPL/USGS

What Tectonics on Venus Can Tell Us About How the Planet Was Formed

The Wire Staff 30/03/2018

There is new evidence that a natural feature unique...

A damaged and clamped pillar at Lakshi Narayan temple, Chamba, India. Damage likely to have occurred during the 1555 Kashmir earthquake. Credit: Mayank Joshi

How Two Temples Hold Clues About the Next Big Quake in Himachal

Nandita Jayaraj 03/08/2016

A new finding detailing the effects of earthquakes in...

The Panama isthmus. Credit: stockmdm/shutterstock

How Events in Panama Created the Modern World (Millions of Years Ago)

Alex Farnsworth and Emma Stone 23/05/2016

It’s a great example of how geography and climate...

Artist concept of NASA's Europa mission spacecraft approaching its target for one of many flybys. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Could There Be Life on Europa? NASA Okays Mission to Find Out

Vasudevan Mukunth 19/06/2015

The milestone parallels the European Space Agency's JUICE mission...