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Hidden 36 million-year-long cycles may fuel biodiversity on Earth, ancient rocks reveal
By Kiley Price published
As tectonic plates clash and pull apart, sea levels change. This process has shaped marine biodiversity over time, a new study suggests.
Swirls of liquid iron may be trapped inside Earth's 'solid' core
By Stephanie Pappas published
Though Earth's innermost core is solid, new research suggests that it hosts a lot of variation.
Mushroom-shaped superplume of scorching hot rock may be splitting Africa in 2
By Charles Q. Choi published
Strange, never-before-seen movements in the East Africa Rift Valley appear to be driven by super-heated rock from deep beneath Earth's surface.
Why did the last ice age end?
By Cameron Duke published
What caused the last ice age to end around 10,000 years ago?
Is Africa splitting into two continents?
By Charles Q. Choi published
Will the East African Rift split the continent and create a new ocean, or will it fizzle out?
New mud-slinging thermal feature at Yellowstone is spewing scalding hot muck
By Sascha Pare published
The unrest may be due to slight changes in pressure or in the amount of water seeping into the underground reservoir system.
Scientists extract a kilometer of rock from Earth's mantle in record-breaking mission
By Ben Turner published
A record-breaking drilling attempt, which dug more than a kilometer into an underwater mountain in the Atlantic Ocean, has given scientists a treasure trove of rocks to study for clues to Earth's inner workings.
Scientists reveal face of 10-foot 'killer tadpole' that terrorized Earth long before the dinosaurs
By Lydia Smith published
With huge teeth and large eyes, Crassigyrinus scoticus was specially adapted to hunt in the coal swamps of Scotland and North America.
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