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Africa on the ropes: a new tectonic plate is forming in the south of the continent
3+ hour, 34+ min ago (183+ words) Geologists have been observing for years a 2, 500 km 'zone of weakness' stretching from Tanzania to Namibia, rich in resources. A new study published in the journal Frontiers in Earth Science by researchers from the University of Oxford has identified unmistakable…...
Scientists warn of what could happen on Earth millions of years from now: there are four scenarios
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (252+ words) A new supercontinent could form millions of years in the future. Research outlines four possible outcomes. Earth could once again be dominated by a single continental mass in roughly 200 to 250 million years. The planet moves through natural cycles in which…...
Scientists discover that Earth has crossed its first "point of no return: according to NASA, the key factor in the future is the Sun
3+ mon, 4+ day ago (263+ words) The gradual increase in solar luminosity could trigger a runaway greenhouse effect in a billion years. Earth formed roughly 4. 5 billion years ago, and scientists estimate it could continue to exist for another five billion years. In other words, our planet…...
What we know about the mega gold deposit has been discovered in a Chinese province worth $190 billion
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (310+ words) Chinese authorities have confirmed the discovery of an "ultra-large" deposit of gold - the biggest in the nation's history. Like finding a forgotten five-euro bill in an old jacket pocket, China has stumbled upon another gold jackpot. Several deposits have been…...
This is the reason there aren't any mountains over 30, 000 feet
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (335+ words) Pressure, tectonics, and erosion define the planet's natural ceiling. Mount Everest stands 8, 849 metres tall and continues to grow by a few millimetres each year. A study conducted in the 1980s suggested that the mountain could theoretically reach a height of 45, 000 metres,…...
While Trump doubles down on fossil fuels, the world races toward a greener future
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (450+ words) As the rest of the world moves towards a safer future for all, Donald Trump continues his objective to plunge America into the dark ages. The heartwarmingly pleasing turnout across the country this weekend manifested itself in the shape of…...
Scientists explain what happened to the Mount Everest-size asteroid that eliminated the dinosaurs from Earth
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (478+ words) Some 66 million years ago, a devastating asteroid strike is believed to have been behind the mass extinction of the dinosaurs. The fate of the asteroid that's said to have wiped out the dinosaurs is at the heart of our understanding…...
They pulled off the "heist of the century" at a Paris museum'but no one noticed until the janitors spoke up
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (224+ words) Gold nuggets an estimated $640, 000 vanished overnight, exposing how a cyberattack left one of France's most important museums vulnerable. In the early hours of Tuesday morning, thieves slipped into the National Museum of Natural History in Paris and walked away with…...
A 7-year-old boy digs in the yard of his new home and stumbles upon 140-million-year-old Jurassic fossils
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (269+ words) A British boy has found Jurassic-era fossils while working in the front garden of his family's new home in Matlock, Derbyshire. In the fields of archaeology and paleontology, many significant discoveries are made purely by chance: while doing outdoor tasks…...
More than 1, 000 earthquakes in July in the largest seismic swarm ever recorded at this active volcano in the US, on the verge of erupting
10+ mon, 4+ day ago (228+ words) Mount Rainier is experiencing a seismic swarm with over 1, 200 events since mid-June, prompting close monitoring but no eruption forecast yet. Around Mount Rainier, an active volcano in Washington state, the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network (PNSN) monitors seismic activity to help…...