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Earth's crust swallowed a sea's worth of water and locked it away beneath Pacific seafloor
Live Science via Yahoo News· 7 months agoPorous rock that formed during one of Earth's biggest volcanic eruptions absorbed so much water as...
What's at the center of the Earth?
The Week via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEarth with core visible. fpm/Getty Images New research sheds light on the Earth's "innermost inner core," offering new insight into the formation of the...
How has Earth's core stayed as hot as the sun's surface for billions of years?
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoStarting from the top down, there's the crust, which includes the surface you walk on; then farther...
Watch the last billion years of Earth's tectonic plate movement in just 40 seconds
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 9 months agoTourists walk between a rift in the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates at at Thingvellir...
Nasa Insight mission proves Mars’s crust is thicker than scientists thought
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe outermost layer of Mars is denser and more uniform than scientists once thought. That’s...
Earth Tilted 31.5 Inches in Less Than 20 Years. Here’s What That Really Means for Us
Popular Mechanics via AOL· 9 months agoEarth Has Tilted 31.5 Inches—But Should We Care?Getty Images Earth’s tilt recently made headlines...
'Roots' of Colombian mountains 'dripped' into the mantle millions of years ago — but the peaks still...
Live Science via Yahoo News· 4 months agoEarth's crust once formed a dense "root" supporting Colombia's northern Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta...
Scientists finally finished mapping Earth's 8th continent Zealandia, helping them solve the lost...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 8 months agoScientists now have a complete map of Zealandia.Nick Mortimer/GNS Science Zealandia broke apart from...
Fountains of diamonds erupt from Earth's center as supercontinents break up
Live Science via Yahoo News· 9 months agoRough diamond, precious stone in mine. The breakup of supercontinents may trigger explosive...
Earth’s core is twisting under our feet, scientists find
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEarth’s core doesn’t rotate in sync with the rest of our planet, but instead spins faster at times,...