Continental rifts are geological wonders that offer valuable insights into the dynamic processes shaping our planet. These immense cracks in the Earth’s crust are the result of tectoni… Read More
Context: Recent years have seen a series of minor and major earthquake in Afghanistan and adjoining areas. This tries to explain the reasons for the increased seismicity in Afghanistan regio… Read More
Zealandia is an almost entirely submerged mass of continental crust in Oceania that subsided after breaking away from Gondwana 83–79 million years ago.
It’s been called… Read More
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The Hamas, the Islamic extremist group in control of the Gaza Strip, barely 400 sq km of land with 2.4 million people sealed off from the outside world by Israel armed… Read More
A new study shows unprecedented heat is likely to lead to the next mass extinction since the dinosaurs died out, eliminating nearly all mammals in some 250 million years time.The research… Read More
A new continent, Zealandia, has been found. The continent, which is mostly underwater, covers 1.89 million square miles…
A continent unknown for 375 years was discovered by scienti… Read More
In the ever-evolving field of geology and earth sciences, groundbreaking discoveries are rare, and even rarer are revelations that alter the way we view the world’s geograph… Read More
Zealandia was initially a part of the traditional supercontinent of Gondwana
After virtually 375 years, geoscientists have found a continent that had been hiding in plain sight. The smal… Read More
Photo by Pixabay: https://www.pexels.com/photo/planet-earth-220201/Do other planets have tectonic plates? In our Solar System, Earth is the only planet with tectonic plates, but in other sol… Read More
Chemical weathering plays a significant role in the carbon cycle and acts as a carbon dioxide (CO2) sink, helping to regulate the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere. It is a natural proc… Read More
The highly effective earthquake that struck Morocco, killed greater than 2,000 individuals.
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The highly effective earthquake that struck Morocco, killing greater than 2,000 indivi… Read More
Dive into the captivating world of the Tasman Sea, a vast expanse nestled between Australia and New Zealand in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. Discover… Read More
A lot of things that we take for granted were not really received with open arms when they were suggested. Even worse, many scientists, inventors, or thinkers, whom we now revere as visionar… Read More
See, I’m not one of these people who’s worried about everything. You got people like this around you? Countries full of them now: people walking around all day long, every minute… Read More
In geography, a mid-ocean ridge refers to an underwater mountain range that runs through the middle of an ocean basin. It is a long, continuous chain of volcanic mountains that stretches acr… Read More
Gravity, the force that draws objects towards the center of the Earth, is not uniform across the planet. It is partly dependent on mass, with objects with more mass experiencing a stronger g… Read More