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Tectonic plates that are causing the Himalayas to grow may also be splitting Tibet in two, study suggests
The Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates' collision is growing the Himalayan mountains, but scientis…
Kelsey Vlamis,Morgan McFall-J…
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Venus has Earth-like plate tectonics, indicating possibility of hosting life once
Venus, known as a scorching wasteland of a planet, may have once had tectonic plate movements simil…
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It's only a matter of time before Haiti experiences yet another major earthquake, seismologists say - here's why
Two major earthquakes have struck Haiti within 11 years. More are inevitable, seismologists say, be…
Aylin Woodward
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A fragment of a mysterious 8th continent is hiding under New Zealand - and it's twice as old as scientists thought
Recent research suggests chunks of Zealandia, an eighth continent that disappeared under the Pacifi…
Aylin Woodward
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A new interactive map lets you track where your city or town was located on Earth 750 million years ago
A computer scientist's map lets you go back in time to see how chunks of land have moved and change…
Susie Neilson
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New maps reveal details about the size and shape of Earth's lost 8th continent, Zealandia, which disappeared under the Pacific Ocean
For the first time, scientists have mapped Zealandia's shape, the surrounding ocean floor, and the …
Aylin Woodward
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Watch the last billion years of Earth's tectonic plate movement in just 40 seconds
Geologists modeled the last billion years of Earth's tectonic plate evolution in unprecedented deta…
Aylin Woodward
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A discovery about the movement of tectonic plates will have scientists rewriting textbooks
The sections, known as plates, move at a rate of about 2 to 5 centimeters per year, which is a simi…
Lindsay Dodgson
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MONETARY TECTONICS: Here Are 50 Slides Detailing The War Between Inflation And Deflation
"The unintended consequences of these monetary interventions will result in increasing volatility, …
Steven Perlberg
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A mega-earthquake could strike the Pacific Northwest any day — and we're not prepared
A huge earthquake and tsunami will someday hit the Pacific Northwest. Predictions of the "Big One" …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Scientists finally think they know where the most dangerous part of this US earthquake zone is and it's bad news for Washington
Scientists just released the first comprehensive survey of the Cascadia Subduction Zone, the most d…
Ellyn Lapointe
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My son just got married, and I'm no longer the center of his world. I'm now lost and wish I didn't make 'mom' my only identity.
When my son married his new wife, I realized I was no longer the queen of his world. With the passi…
Susan Solomon Yem
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The East Coast earthquake came from a fault that's been asleep for hundreds of millions of years but suddenly reactivated
The New Jersey earthquake came from ancient fault lines from the formation of North America, possib…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Why earthquakes are felt farther on the East Coast than the West. It's all about the rocks.
Rocks are harder on the East Coast, said USGS seismologist Paul Earle, which makes the seismic wave…
Geoff Weiss,Morgan McFall-Joh…
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Monday's solar eclipse had nothing to do with the earthquake that rocked the East Coast today
A 4.8 magnitude earthquake rattled NYC, NJ, and even Pennsylvania just days before the 2024 total s…