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'Quiet Chernobyl' changed Earth's surface so much the planet's mantle is still moving 80 years laterThe land beneath the former Aral Sea in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan is rising and will continue to do so for many decades. Now, scientists have an explanation that involves the sea drying up.
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Study reveals 'flawed argument' in debate over when plate tectonics beganYou don't need plate tectonics to get continental crust that looks modern, a new study finds.
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Massive magma eruptions may have ripped Africa and South America apartHuge outpourings of magma accompanied the split between South America and Africa 135 million years ago.
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Rainbow Mountains: China's psychedelic landscape created when 2 tectonic plates collidedThe colorful swirls and stripes that characterize China's Rainbow Mountains would have remained hidden without the epic tectonic collision that created the Himalayas.
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North America is 'dripping' down into Earth's mantle, scientists discoverSeismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust above it to "drip" and suck down rocks from across the continent.
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Lake Salda: The only place on Earth similar to Jezero crater on MarsLake Salda, in southwestern Turkey, bears a close resemblance to Mars' Jezero crater, which is currently being sampled by NASA's Perseverance rover.
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52-foot-high 'megaripples' from asteroid that killed the dinosaurs mapped deep beneath Louisiana in 3DBuried "megaripples" — some the size of five-story buildings — are helping scientists piece together the devastation following the impact that wiped out the nonavian dinosaurs.
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'This is by far the oldest': Scientists discover 3.47 billion-year-old meteorite impact crater in Australian outbackResearchers say they have found "unequivocal evidence" that a meteorite smashed into Earth 3.47 billion years ago, potentially affecting plate tectonics and creating conditions for life.
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Mount Roraima: The 'lost world' isolated for millions of years that Indigenous people call the 'house of the gods'Mount Roraima is a flat-topped formation with crystal-clear pools, waterfalls and a unique ecosystem that has been isolated from the surrounding savanna for millions of years.
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