How did New Zealand’s continental crust get split between two plates?
Geology & LandformNew Zealand’s Split Personality: How Plate Tectonics Divided a Continent Ever looked at a map of New Zealand and wondered why it looks the way it does? It’s not just random chance, folks. The islands we see today are actually the tippy-tops of a mostly submerged continent called Zealandia, which split off from Gondwana ages
The Mysteries of Earth’s Oxygen: Unraveling the Enigma Before the Great Oxygenation Event
Energy & ResourcesThe Air We Breathe: Earth’s Oxygen Story Before the Big Bang (of Oxygen!) We take it for granted, don’t we? That sweet, life-giving oxygen we breathe. But Earth wasn’t always an oxygen oasis. Far from it! The real head-scratcher is what things were like before the Great Oxygenation Event (GOE), that wild party roughly 2.4
What is meant by intraplate volcanism?
Geology & LandformIntraplate Volcanism: Volcanoes That Play by Their Own Rules Remember learning about volcanoes in school? They’re usually parked right along the edges of tectonic plates, those spots where the Earth’s crust is either crashing together, pulling apart, or grinding past each other. Think fiery subduction zones, dramatic rifts, and the ever-churning seafloor spreading centers. That’s
Are there any flights that fly east both from origin to destination and from destination to origin?
Weather & ForecastsEastbound and Down: Flights That Chase the Rising Sun (Twice!) Ever looked at a flight map and wondered why planes don’t just fly straight lines? Me too! Turns out, there’s a whole lot more to it than just A-to-B. We’re talking about crazy winds, the Earth spinning, and even politics playing a role. This got
Effects of CERN on earth’s magnetic field?
Outdoor GearCERN and Earth’s Magnetic Field: Should We Be Worried? CERN. The name alone conjures images of cutting-edge science, mind-boggling experiments, and, for some, a touch of apprehension. After all, we’re talking about the world’s largest particle physics laboratory, home to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a machine so powerful it makes you wonder, “Could this