In recent days, many media outlets have been citing a study published recently in the journal Gondwana Research to argue that North America and Europe should be considered a single continent, and therefore Earth would have one less than previously established. However, the study actually says nothing of the sort. On the contrary, it argues […]
Tectonics
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Researchers Discover Previously Unknown Process in Tectonics that Turns Seafloor into Mountains
Scientists use tiny minerals called zircons as geological clocks. These crystal grains, often the size of sand, record the chemical signals of the geological environment they formed in. In a new study led by scientists at the University of Texas at Austin, researchers used them to describe what may be a missing step in a […]