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Scientists Just Watched the Seafloor Split Apart and Create New Ocean Crust
Most of Earth’s surface was created in a place no human can easily reach: the dark, crushing depths of the ocean. Scientists have long known that tectonic plates pull apart there, allowing magma to rise and harden into new crust. Yet the crucial moment had remained largely hidden, reconstructed only from the evidence left behind.…
Scientists Say Earth’s Core Sent a Hidden Shockwave That Quietly Shifted Japan
The devastating earthquake that struck Japan in March 2011 has been examined from almost every possible angle. Scientists have spent years studying the powerful tremor, the deadly tsunami it unleashed, and the nuclear disaster that followed. Yet even after more than a decade of research, the event is still revealing new secrets. A recent scientific…
New Research Rewrites the Timeline of Earth’s Moving Plates
Earth may look calm and steady from the surface, but beneath our feet lies a restless system that has shaped the planet for billions of years. Plate tectonics, the process that moves massive slabs of Earth’s crust, is responsible for continents drifting, mountains rising, and oceans forming. Yet one of the biggest unanswered questions in…