Scientists have traditionally focused on volcanic arcs as the main natural source of atmospheric carbon dioxide. These form ...
Africa gradually pulled apart along the East African rift, a slow tectonic shift that could have formed a new ocean and ...
Earth’s crust looks solid from the surface, but it is broken into a shifting mosaic of slabs that slowly rearrange oceans and continents. Understanding how those tectonic plates first formed is one of ...
Our planet has experienced dramatic climate shifts throughout its history, oscillating between freezing "icehouse" periods and warm "greenhouse" states.