Far beneath central Turkey, a dense slab of rock is peeling away from the bottom of the continent and sinking into the mantle ...
Scientists used satellite data to confirm that Earth's crust is "dripping" into the mantle beneath Turkey's Central Anatolian ...
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As early as 2024, scientists from the US and China discovered that the Earth’s core had slowed down and even stopped moving in relation to the Earth’s crust. But until now, the general public—that’s ...
Long-term satellite measurements show that Earth’s magnetic field is changing faster and more unevenly than expected, driven ...
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge in Iceland. This area is the boundary between the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates, which move apart ~ 2.5 cm/year. Subduction and the formation of continents, a ...
According to observations of young ridges see on the far side, Earth's moon is not geologically dead, as previously believed.