Scientists Discover Something Unexpected 90 Kilometers Beneath Earth
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A rock from Papua New Guinea was hotter than expected during its descent into Earth, challenging models of a process that influences earthquakes, volcanoes, and climate. Earth recycles its own surface. In regions called subduction zones, one tectonic plate, a vast slab of Earth’s outer shell, sinks beneath another as the plates collide. These zones [...]
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