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Research on hidden structures deep within Earth’s mantle challenges theories about our planet’s middle layer and could ...

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As Neotethys closed up, the oceanic crust went under the Eurasian continent. The continental portion of the Arabian plate, ...

The Tibetan Plateau, often called the "roof of the world," continues to baffle geologists and others curious about Earth’s ...

Others have suggested that the lithosphere, a layer of the Earth’s mantle that ‘floats’ on the more fluid-like and weaker asthenosphere, could be to blame. You can think of it like an ...

Scientists have found potential remnants of Earth’s ancient crust deep within the mantle using new seismic mapping techniques. These anomalies, discovered in unexpected locations, suggest new ...

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This was when the Earth was one continent called Pangaea that slowly broke apart and spread out to form the continents we ...