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Africa’s Gradual Split Could Lead to the Formation of Earth’s Sixth Ocean
Africa is experiencing significant tectonic activity, resulting in a gradual split that could lead to the formation of a new ocean in approximately 50 million years. This process is primarily observed in the East African Rift System, where geological movements are creating divisions between the Nubian and Somalian plates. Experts are examining the ...
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Antarctica Was Last Ice-Free 34 Million Years Ago: What Triggered This Climate Shift?
Antarctica, which is nearly four times the size of the United States, was not always covered in ice. The last time it was ice-free was 34 million years ago during the Eocene-Oligocene boundary. At that time, global temperatures were higher, and carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere were much higher than today. However, a significant drop in CO2 l...
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Analysis: How Last-Mover Advantage May Affect Telangana Results
The excitement of elections is all about the twists and turns in the run-up to voting day, which sometimes produce tectonic shifts and change the dynamics of the electoral battlefield.
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Scientists Say New Supercontinent "Amasia" Will Form When Pacific Ocean Disappears
Over the next 200 to 300 million years, the Arctic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea will disappear, and Asia will crash into the Americas forming a new supercontinent called Amasia, scientists have said.
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Earth's Interior Drags And Traps Huge Amount Of Sea Water, Says Study
The Earth is dragging about three times more sea water than previously estimated, according to a seismic study, with major implications for the global water cycle.
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Climate Change is Moving Mountains: Study
A strong relationship exists between global and local climate change and a mountain's internal tectonic plate shifts and topographic changes, researchers have found.
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Europe Union Risks 'Tectonic Changes' as Migrant Flow Swells to Over 700,000
Europe's worst migration crisis since World War II risks triggering "tectonic changes", a top EU official warned Tuesday, as figures showed more than 700,000 newcomers have reached the continent's Mediterranean shores this year.
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Africa’s Gradual Split Could Lead to the Formation of Earth’s Sixth Ocean
Africa is experiencing significant tectonic activity, resulting in a gradual split that could lead to the formation of a new ocean in approximately 50 million years. This process is primarily observed in the East African Rift System, where geological movements are creating divisions between the Nubian and Somalian plates. Experts are examining the ...
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Antarctica Was Last Ice-Free 34 Million Years Ago: What Triggered This Climate Shift?
Antarctica, which is nearly four times the size of the United States, was not always covered in ice. The last time it was ice-free was 34 million years ago during the Eocene-Oligocene boundary. At that time, global temperatures were higher, and carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere were much higher than today. However, a significant drop in CO2 l...
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Analysis: How Last-Mover Advantage May Affect Telangana Results
The excitement of elections is all about the twists and turns in the run-up to voting day, which sometimes produce tectonic shifts and change the dynamics of the electoral battlefield.
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Scientists Say New Supercontinent "Amasia" Will Form When Pacific Ocean Disappears
Over the next 200 to 300 million years, the Arctic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea will disappear, and Asia will crash into the Americas forming a new supercontinent called Amasia, scientists have said.
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Earth's Interior Drags And Traps Huge Amount Of Sea Water, Says Study
The Earth is dragging about three times more sea water than previously estimated, according to a seismic study, with major implications for the global water cycle.
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Climate Change is Moving Mountains: Study
A strong relationship exists between global and local climate change and a mountain's internal tectonic plate shifts and topographic changes, researchers have found.
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Europe Union Risks 'Tectonic Changes' as Migrant Flow Swells to Over 700,000
Europe's worst migration crisis since World War II risks triggering "tectonic changes", a top EU official warned Tuesday, as figures showed more than 700,000 newcomers have reached the continent's Mediterranean shores this year.
