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Earth’s earliest crust, formed over 4.5 billion years ago, has long been thought to have lacked the complex chemical features ...
However, many years ago, the Earth looked very different to how it does today. Around 250 million years ago, all of the continents were joined together as one supercontinent called Pangea.
A long time ago (way long), all of the earth's continents were squished together—one supercontinent and one superocean. You could basically walk from South America into Africa, or from Africa ...
Scientists discovered Earth's first crust had continental chemical signatures. This challenges beliefs about when these ...
The continents are carried by the Earth's tectonic plates like people on ... Currently they slide, collide, and recede from one another at rates of 1-20 cm/year. They are driven by internal ...
The Earth is full of life ... Likely to the surprise of no one, the iciest continent doesn't fare particularly well when it comes to matters of biodiversity. That's not to say Antarctica is ...
An incredible mapping effort has revealed the mystery of what had until recently been Earth's missing continent. Zealandia was only recognised as Earth's eighth continent back in 2017, and part of the ...
How hard can it be to film a nature documentary? These stories from Seven Worlds, One Planet tell all. Asia: The largest continent on Earth Seven Worlds, One Planet is back and episode two is ...
It’s long been thought that tectonic plates needed to dive beneath each other to create the chemical fingerprint we see in ...