Today, plate tectonics carry water into Earth’s depths. But this deep water cycle goes back much further.
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Could tectonic processes in the early Earth have contributed to the rise of oxygen?
Deep ocean trenches are home to extraordinary biodiversity waiting to be discovered.
Earth’s magnetic field locks information into lava as it cools into rock. Millions of years later, scientists can decipher this magnetic data to build geologic timelines and maps.
A tricky kind of earthquake that happens in the soft rock of the ocean floor causes much larger tsunamis than their magnitude would predict. New research pinpoints a way to identify the danger fast.
Hailie Selassie thought his country’s gold could rival the biggest deposits in the world. He may be proven right.
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Research Fellow, Instituto de Geociencias de Barcelona (Geo3Bcn – CSIC)
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Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan
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