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Militaries that have taken power in Africa's Sahel region – notably Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger – have put pressure on western mining firms for a fa ...

Both stardust and beryllium-10 eventually find their way into Earth's oceans where they become incorporated into the growing ferromanganese crust. Ferromanganese crust sample VA13/2-237KD analysed in ...

Scientists found that the inner core’s structure changes as it rotates. It deforms at its border, potentially accumulating ...

Geologists have long viewed North America and Europe as separate continents, yet new studies suggest there might be more complexity beneath the surface of Earth’s oceans ... fragments of submerged ...

As the process continued, the descending oceanic plate functions like an anchor, dragging down the Earth's crust and forming a vast depression that has accumulated millions of years' worth of ...

Scientists have discovered portions of the Earth's crust sinking into the mantle beneath California's Sierra Nevada mountains. This phenomenon, occurring over millions of years, helps explain ...

Scientists have discovered that portions of the Earth's crust are peeling away and sinking into the mantle. The geological churning is happening beneath California's Sierra Nevada mountains. The ...

Before joining Raw Story, Brad Reed spent eight years writing about technology at BGR.com and Network World. Prior to that, he wrote freelance stories for political publications such as AlterNet ...

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A "super-Earth" planet found outside of our solar system could have conditions suitable for life, according to experts at the University of Oxford. Researchers said the planet has a mass six times ...

Rotolo's Craft & Crust, the Louisiana-based pizza chain, is opening its newest location and first in South Carolina. Located at 420 Cross Park Lane in the Marketplace at Nexton development in ...