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A Continent Is Splitting And It May Create A Whole New Ocean, Eventually!
The movement of tectonic plates can be responsible for many things, including, volcanoes, geysers, and valleys. But where ...
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A land bridge through a lost ocean allowed elephants and apes to migrate between Africa and Asia
Afar is a hotspot with hot rock masses rising from deep within the mantle. It created volcanism and lifted the landscape in northeastern Africa. Hot rock masses then flowed further north beneath the ...
Scientists discovery why one of the world's continents apart at double speed
A massive crack is forming beneath one of the world's continents, and scientists believe it could one day split the continent ...
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Massive Gravity Hole Discovered in the Indian Ocean—And What’s Beneath Could Redefine Earth’s Evolution
The Indian Ocean Geoid Low (IOGL ... The fate of the IOGL depends on how plate tectonics and mantle dynamics evolve. As Prof. Ghosh notes, “It could be that it persists for a very long time.
Indonesia earthquake: Bengkulu rocked by 6.3 magnitude Ring of Fire tremor
A 6.3 magnitude earthquake has struck the city of Bengkulu in Indonesia this evening - with those near the epicentre warned ...
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When Continents Split and Oceans Are Born: The East African Rift’s Slow March Toward a Sixth Ocean and a New Africa
The Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea will flood over the Afar region and into the East African Rift Valley, giving rise to a new ...
OZEN Reserve Bolifushi: Maldives glamour reaches new heights
At this ultra-luxury resort, the most exclusive villas are kitted out with water slides straight into the lagoon ...
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EMANCIPATION THROUGH EDUCATION
CHAPTER III I remember my first day in school when I was five years old… There were about 30 students. Our classroom was a ...
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Massive Gravity Hole Discovered in the Indian Ocean—And What’s Beneath Could Redefine Earth’s Evolution
The Indian Ocean Geoid Low (IOGL) is a significant geophysical anomaly ... The fate of the IOGL depends on how plate tectonics and mantle dynamics evolve. As Prof. Ghosh notes, “It could be that it ...
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Entire continent is splitting open and forming 'an ocean basin' like the Red Sea
A recent simulation argues that a rising plume of super‑heated mantle thins the overlying plate “like taffy left on ... suggests that the highly active volcanic boundaries along the edges of tectonic ...
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A tectonic plate may have peeled apart—and that could shrink the Atlantic Ocean
“It’s one of the biggest unsolved problems in plate tectonics,” Duarte says ... which stretches in an arc around the Pacific Ocean from the southern tip of South America to New Zealand ...
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One of Earth's Continents Is Splitting Apart and May Create a Whole New Ocean
Getty The Earth may eventually have a new ocean. Tectonic plate movement under a section ... This would then allow the Indian Ocean to flow in, further separating the land masses and creating ...