Exactly when and how plate tectonics started, however, is a matter of debate. Now, in a study published March 19 in the ...

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Scientists say they have uncovered new clues in Australia about when plate tectonics began on Earth, the only known planet to ...

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Some great ideas shake up the world. For centuries, the outermost layer of Earth was thought to be static, rigid, locked in place. But the theory of plate tectonics has rocked this picture of the ...

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