Our planet has experienced dramatic climate shifts throughout its history, oscillating between freezing "icehouse" periods ...
The Konya Basin in Central Anatolia, Turkey, is showing evidence of rapid ground sinking, while being part of a larger region ...
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A giant slab of Earth’s crust is sinking under Turkey and warping the land
Far beneath central Turkey, a dense slab of rock is peeling away from the bottom of the continent and sinking into the mantle ...
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A giant piece of Earth’s crust is sinking beneath Turkey, and it’s reshaping the land
Researchers have confirmed that a rare geological process called lithospheric dripping is pulling pieces of the Earth’s lower ...
New research reveals that Earth’s continents owe their stability to searing heat deep in the planet’s crust. At more than 900°C, radioactive elements shifted upward, cooling and strengthening the ...
An artistic reconstruction of Earth during the Hadean eon (~4.5 billion years ago). Intense volcanic activity, heat from accretion, and frequent impacts kept the young Earth in a molten state. This ...
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