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Nepal hit by magnitude 3.5 earthquake, second in a week
An earthquake of magnitude 3.5 hit Nepal on Sunday morning, as reported by the National Center of Seismology (NCS). As per ...
Earthquake Today: Quake of magnitude 3.5 hits Nepal, no major damage or casualties reported
An earthquake of magnitude 3.5 hit Nepal on Sunday morning, as reported by the National Center of Seismology (NCS). As per ...
On early earth, a little heat could have led to more complex life
Billions of years ago, a rock crack exuding heat could have brought different biomolecules together to kickstart protein ...
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Deep Earth pulses beneath Africa are tearing the continent apart
The vertical movement of the mantle is one of the driving forces that brings about large-scale geological changes to the ...
For the First Time, Scientists Witness an Undersea “Slow Slip” Earthquake Unzip
Seafloor sensors caught a rare slow quake in action. It hints at how Earth's stress is quietly released. For the first time, ...
Geologists suggest early continents formed through mantle plumes, not plate collisions
Geologists from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have made a breakthrough in understanding how Earth's early continents ...
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New research finds pulsing molten mantle underneath Africa
Molten mantle beneath the Earth’s surface makes it way up more rapidly in regions where tectonic plates are rifting at a faster rate.
Geological mystery: Study unearths how copper deposits formed
An international study has revealed how continental collisions may have supercharged the Earth's richest deposits of copper, ...
A Fragment of Earth’s Original Crust Still Exists—and It’s Buried in Canada
Our planet has been asteroid-smashed, melted and eroded, enough that most of its original armor has been long buried. Except ...