Hernández Uribe used computer models to study the formation of magmas, which is thought to hold clues to the origin of continents. Magma is the molten substance that, when it cools, forms rocks ...

believes the updated model will help provide a better understanding of natural hazards like earthquakes and volcanoes. Tectonic plates are the gradual drift of continents across the Earth's ...

Scientists have revealed a new model that explains how continents thin as well as helping to more accurately predict the location of hydrocarbons such as oil and gas. Reporting in the journal ...

A globe is a model of planet Earth, showing how it looks from space. This one shows all the countries of the world, almost 200, including the UK. It shows all seven continents, Europe, Africa ...

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