Scientists have traced the origins of complex life to the breakup of the supercontinent Nuna 1.5 billion years ago. This tectonic shift reduced volcanic carbon emissions, expanded shallow seas, and ...
A dynamic Earth beneath a 'boring' surface Between 1.8 and 0.8 billion years ago, Earth's continents assembled and broke apart twice, first forming Nuna, then Rodinia. Using a new plate tectonic model ...
Relative plate motions and plate boundary geometries are from Cao et al. (2024), with plate motions placed in a mantle reference frame. Continents are light grey, with continental margins shown in ...
New research reveals that Earth’s so-called “Boring Billion” — a period between 1.8 and 0.8 billion years ago — was anything but dull. Scientists from the University of Sydney and the University of ...
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