Oceanography
The Mediterranean Sea could disappear
As the Earth's two major tectonic plates collide, it is likely that the Mediterranean Sea will be wiped off the map in the future.
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The period when the Mediterranean dried up into a salty desert
Tectonic plate movements and falling sea levels once separated the Mediterranean Sea from the Atlantic Ocean, causing seawater to evaporate and form a vast saline basin.
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Why can earthquakes occur far from tectonic plate boundaries?
Scientists think that about 90% of earthquakes occur in areas near tectonic plate boundaries, but sometimes they can occur in unexpected remote locations.
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Tectonic plates under the Indian Ocean are broken in two
India - Australia - Capricorn tectonic plates are splitting at a rate of about 1.7 mm a year.
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Reveal another world 4.5 billion years old that was swallowed up by the Earth
Two mysterious continents, possibly the first parts of the earth or the ocean floor of the early earth, have just been discovered ... in our gluttonous planet.
Environment
Taiwan is shaken by an earthquake of 6 degrees
An earthquake of about 6 degrees shook the buildings in Taipei earlier this morning, there were no reports of damage and casualties.
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New findings about predicting earthquakes can save millions of lives
Earthquakes are one of the most terrible disasters for human beings, when the losses brought about to humanity are okay.
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Detecting strange tectonic plates at a depth of 660km in the South Pacific
For the first time in the history of geology, American scientists discovered the presence of a tectonic plate of Earth's Mantis, in the southern Pacific region.
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10 interesting facts about Earth you may not know
The Earth is not only a place where people can live - but is also known as the origin of life and the only planet in existence.
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The bottom of North America plate tectonics is
This is the reason why the Southeastern United States, though not on the tectonic plate boundaries (like Japan), still suffers from several earthquakes in recent times.
Archeology
Found tectonic plate
A plate of tectonics that once disappeared in North America hundreds of millions of years ago has been discovered still lurking in central California (USA) and Mexico.
Environment
Mexico earthquake 'torn' a tectonic plate
The new study, published in Nature Geoscience, concludes the impact of the earthquake as a Cocos tectonic plate was split in seconds and released the maximum energy.
Environment
Why do a series of big earthquakes attack Indonesia?
According to experts, the earthquakes occurred at the end of July as a result of the collision between the two Earth's crust plates, the continent of Oceania and the Eur…
Environment
The reason for Mexico's strong earthquake
The magnitude 7.1 earthquake claimed more than 240 lives yesterday arising along the boundary between the Cocos and North American arrays when the southernmost plate of…
Environment
Earthquake pulls the seabed 2m high in New Zealand
New Zealand scientists claim to have never witnessed this anomalous phenomenon.