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Plate Tectonics
Plate Tectonics: a scientific theory describing the large-scale motion of seven large plates and the movements of a larger number of smaller plates of the Earth's lithosphere, over the last hundreds of millions of years. The theoretical model builds on the concept of continental drift, an idea developed during the first few decades of the 20th century. The geoscientific community accepted plate-tectonic theory after seafloor spreading was validated in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
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JUN 03, 2022Earth & The Environment
We often affiliate plate tectonics with earthquakes, as we are all taught in school that the shifting of plates leads to ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAY 27, 2022Earth & The Environment
The Earth is a wonderful place full of both beauty and mystery. While it’s easy to both study and explore the Eart ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAY 24, 2022Earth & The Environment
Antarctica has always been a wonderous place with its scenic views and extremophile inhabitants. It has become a scienti ...Written By: Mandy WoodsAPR 29, 2022Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in Nature Communications reports volcanic activity beneath the surface of Mars could be respons ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.JUN 18, 2021Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Geoscience Frontiers highlights the cyclic patterns of geologic activity on Earth. ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 21, 2021Earth & The Environment
A study to be published soon in the June 2021 issue in Earth-Science Reviews will explain a new theory of how the fossil ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 06, 2021Earth & The Environment
New research published in Nature Geoscience suggests that there is a greater risk from earthquakes and tsunamis tha ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 12, 2021Earth & The Environment
New research from the University of Houston reevaluates the role of the asthenosphere in tectonic plate movement. Accord ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 23, 2020Earth & The Environment
New research on subduction zones and the slow-slip behavior of tectonic plates provides insight into how megathrust eart ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 11, 2020Earth & The Environment
New research published recently in the journal Science Advances considers the process of tectonic plate subduction. ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 02, 2020Earth & The Environment
New research presented at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union highlights the future of our continents & ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 23, 2020Earth & The Environment
Have you ever heard of a speleothem? Even if you haven’t you’ve probably heard of a stalactite or a stalagmi ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 22, 2020Earth & The Environment
This week marks the 40th anniversary of the Mount St. Helens volcanic eruption in southwestern Washington. According to ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAPR 24, 2020Earth & The Environment
The trigger mechanism that caused the 2018 Kilauea volcano eruption on Hawaii island has eluded scientists. However, a n ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAPR 22, 2020Earth & The Environment
Happy Earth Day! All though we should take action every day to appreciate our home, planet Earth. Today it gets a little ...Written By: Hilary ThompsonAPR 05, 2020Microbiology
Single-celled microbes that live beneath the floor of the ocean have provided insight into how scientists might be able ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 26, 2020Space & Astronomy
Mercury is the solar system’s smallest planet, and it’s also the one residing closest to the Sun. But while ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 03, 2019Genetics & Genomics
New research reported in Nature has suggested that modern humans come from Southern Africa, where they lived for approxi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 05, 2019Chemistry & Physics
There is plenty of evidence suggesting that Venus had a long history of being a habitable planet due to its abundance of ...Written By: Daniel DuanSEP 11, 2019Earth & The Environment
The 2018 eruption of Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano didn’t just change the lives of several hundred residents and ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJUL 07, 2019Space & Astronomy
Several planetary bodies in the solar system are of particular interest to planetary scientists because they may teach u ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 19, 2019Earth & The Environment
Scientists have recently discovered a new way that volcanoes are forming – deep below the paradise island of Bermu ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 14, 2019Space & Astronomy
The lunar surface might not look like much at first glance, but new research published just this week in the journal Nat ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 01, 2019Earth & The Environment
An iceberg, roughly twice the size of New York City, will break off western Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf at any ti ...Written By: Tiffany Dazet
JUN 03, 2022
Earth & The Environment
We often affiliate plate tectonics with earthquakes, as we are all taught in school that the shifting of plates leads to
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 27, 2022
Earth & The Environment
The Earth is a wonderful place full of both beauty and mystery. While it’s easy to both study and explore the Eart
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 24, 2022
Earth & The Environment
Antarctica has always been a wonderous place with its scenic views and extremophile inhabitants. It has become a scienti
...
Written By:
Mandy Woods
APR 29, 2022
Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in Nature Communications reports volcanic activity beneath the surface of Mars could be respons
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
JUN 18, 2021
Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Geoscience Frontiers highlights the cyclic patterns of geologic activity on Earth.
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 21, 2021
Earth & The Environment
A study to be published soon in the June 2021 issue in Earth-Science Reviews will explain a new theory of how the fossil
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 06, 2021
Earth & The Environment
New research published in Nature Geoscience suggests that there is a greater risk from earthquakes and tsunamis tha
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 12, 2021
Earth & The Environment
New research from the University of Houston reevaluates the role of the asthenosphere in tectonic plate movement. Accord
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 23, 2020
Earth & The Environment
New research on subduction zones and the slow-slip behavior of tectonic plates provides insight into how megathrust eart
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 11, 2020
Earth & The Environment
New research published recently in the journal Science Advances considers the process of tectonic plate subduction.
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 02, 2020
Earth & The Environment
New research presented at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union highlights the future of our continents &
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 23, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Have you ever heard of a speleothem? Even if you haven’t you’ve probably heard of a stalactite or a stalagmi
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 22, 2020
Earth & The Environment
This week marks the 40th anniversary of the Mount St. Helens volcanic eruption in southwestern Washington. According to
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
APR 24, 2020
Earth & The Environment
The trigger mechanism that caused the 2018 Kilauea volcano eruption on Hawaii island has eluded scientists. However, a n
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
APR 22, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Happy Earth Day! All though we should take action every day to appreciate our home, planet Earth. Today it gets a little
...
Written By:
Hilary Thompson
APR 05, 2020
Microbiology
Single-celled microbes that live beneath the floor of the ocean have provided insight into how scientists might be able
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 26, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Mercury is the solar system’s smallest planet, and it’s also the one residing closest to the Sun. But while
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 03, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
New research reported in Nature has suggested that modern humans come from Southern Africa, where they lived for approxi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 05, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
There is plenty of evidence suggesting that Venus had a long history of being a habitable planet due to its abundance of
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
SEP 11, 2019
Earth & The Environment
The 2018 eruption of Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano didn’t just change the lives of several hundred residents and
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUL 07, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Several planetary bodies in the solar system are of particular interest to planetary scientists because they may teach u
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 19, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Scientists have recently discovered a new way that volcanoes are forming – deep below the paradise island of Bermu
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 14, 2019
Space & Astronomy
The lunar surface might not look like much at first glance, but new research published just this week in the journal Nat
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 01, 2019
Earth & The Environment
An iceberg, roughly twice the size of New York City, will break off western Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf at any ti
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet