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Oceans are ‘peeling’ continents to feed volcanoes for tens of millions of years

These continental fragments are then swept sideways into the oceanic mantle, sometimes travelling over 1,000 km. Once in the ...

Scientists Discover Earth’s Continents Are Slowly Being “Peeled” From Below

Scientists have uncovered a hidden geological process where fragments of continents are slowly stripped from below and swept deep into the oceanic mantle, sparking volcanic activity in unexpected ...
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Earth’s Seven Continents Might Be a Myth: Only Six Continents May Truly Exist After All

For decades, students around the world have memorized the same geography lesson: seven continents, split cleanly by oceans and plate boundaries. But new research out of the University of Derby is ...
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‘Oceans Are the Real Continents’ Review: Does Water Connect Us?

Tommaso Santambrogio’s film, which stakes out territory in both truth and fantasy, uses nonactors to tell intertwining stories set in contemporary Cuba. By Ben Kenigsberg When you purchase a ticket ...
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Continents slowly “peel away” to create ocean volcanoes, study finds

A team of Earth scientists has discovered that continents are slowly peeling apart from below—sending fragments deep into the ...