Giant Rift Valleys Hint Venus is Still Tectonically Active
New 3D computer simulations from ETH Zurich show that young rift flanks on Venus stay tall and steep,…
Mars may have once been filled with seas of magma that made the Red Planet habitable
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Hidden Rift beneath Zambia May Be Tearing Africa Apart
Unusual gases rising from geothermal springs within the Kafue Rift of Zambia suggest a deep fracture in Earth’s…
Africa’s major discovery of new 300-mile ocean as continent splits | Science | News
A vast new ocean stretching hundreds of miles could one day split Africa in two, scientists have warned,…
Earth’s Lithosphere was Already Segmented and Mobile 3.5 Billion Years Ago
By tracing magnetic signals preserved in 3.5-billion-year-old rocks in Western Australia, geoscientists have found the oldest direct evidence…
Scientists reveal Earth’s crust was moving far earlier
The surface of the Earth is composed of tectonic plates that slowly move around over geologic time, creating…
Scientists Find Tectonic Forces Erased a Billion Years of Earth’s History
Picture Earth’s history as a giant book. Now imagine opening it and finding that more than a billion…
Greenland is Shrinking and Drifting towards Northwest, Geoscientists Say
This happens due to plate tectonics and movements in the bedrock, caused by the large ice sheets on…