Several structures, a.k.a. tectonic plates, seemed to be sitting there, untouched since the evolution of Earth billions of ...
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In a groundbreaking study published in Science Advances (2025), scientists uncovered a fascinating and unusual process ...
Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than ...
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With unprecedented clarity, scientists have directly observed a subduction zone—the collision point where one tectonic plate ...
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Contributed by Don E. Canfield; received March 31, 2025; accepted August 1, 2025; reviewed by Lee R. Kump, Stephen J. Puetz, and Robert J. Stern Continental weathering delivers particles from the land ...