Placas tectônicas

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An online tool recreates the position of your house on Earth over up to 320 million years and shows how tectonic plates, lost continents, and geological collisions changed the planet’s map up to the present day.

Carla Teles 02/05/2026 at 19:20

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East Africa is at a critical breaking point: the crust is only 13 km thick, plates are moving apart millimeters per year, tension accumulated over millions of years accelerates fractures and could pave the way for the Indian Ocean to split the continent.

Alisson Ficher 29/04/2026 at 19:12

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3.5-billion-year-old rocks in Australia reveal that Earth’s crust was already moving early in the planet’s history, with displacement comparable to current plates, and indications that the process that creates mountains, oceans, and sustains life emerged hundreds of millions of years earlier than could previously be proven.

Valdemar Medeiros 29/04/2026 at 00:34

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Tectonic plates have been deforming the Earth for millions of years in the planet’s deep interior, and scientists reveal how these ancient structures continue shaping the mantle to this day.

Caio Aviz 24/04/2026 at 20:26

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Earth is “pulling” water from the oceans into the core at nearly 3,000 km deep, and scientists finally explain how this slow and invisible process may be completely transforming the planet from the inside over billions of years.

Caio Aviz 12/04/2026 at 20:38

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A mega fault in the USA could trigger the largest earthquake in history and generate a devastating tsunami along more than 965 km between Canada and California.

Jefferson Augusto 25/03/2026 at 22:21

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Scientists discover signs of a reversal of the Earth’s magnetic field and tectonic plate movement in Australian territory that could change what is known about the origin of the planet.

Flavia Marinho 24/03/2026 at 13:27

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Scientists discover signs of a reversal of the Earth’s magnetic field and tectonic plate movement in Australian territory that could change what is known about the planet’s origin.

Flavia Marinho 23/03/2026 at 18:39

Rift da África Oriental com fissura ativa no deserto de Afar, lava visível, pesquisadores monitorando placas tectônicas Somali e Núbia e indícios de formação de novo oceano.

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Ongoing Tectonic Process in East Africa Could Change the Map of the World: Active Rift Separates Somali and Nubian Plates, Opens Cracks in the Ground, and Indicates the Birth of a New Ocean That May Redraw Continents

Caio Aviz 12/02/2026 at 02:06

Ilustração artística de uma falha cortando uma cidade ao meio. (Imagem: Reprodução)

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‘Ticking Time Bomb’ Tectonics: New Find in the San Andreas Fault Reveals Hidden Fragment Lost for 30 Million Years That Could Cause Mega Earthquake in the US

Ana Alice 31/01/2026 at 01:13

Poucos países têm tanto petróleo quanto a Venezuela. A explicação está nas placas tectônicas e na formação do subsolo.

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Why Venezuela Holds the Largest Oil Reserves in the World

Sara Aquino 14/01/2026 at 13:51

Cientistas investigam fissura profunda sob o Atlântico que pode explicar grandes terremotos históricos, indicar mudanças lentas nas placas tectônicas e levantar novos cuidados

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Scientists Investigate Deep Fracture Under Atlantic That Could Explain Major Historical Earthquakes, Indicate Slow Changes in Tectonic Plates, and Raise New Concerns About Future Seismic and Tsunami Risks

Carla Teles 13/01/2026 at 21:35

An online tool recreates the position of your house on Earth over up to 320 million years and shows how tectonic plates, lost continents, and geological collisions changed the planet’s map up to the present day.

East Africa is at a critical breaking point: the crust is only 13 km thick, plates are moving apart millimeters per year, tension accumulated over millions of years accelerates fractures and could pave the way for the Indian Ocean to split the continent.

Tectonic plates have been deforming the Earth for millions of years in the planet’s deep interior, and scientists reveal how these ancient structures continue shaping the mantle to this day.

Earth is “pulling” water from the oceans into the core at nearly 3,000 km deep, and scientists finally explain how this slow and invisible process may be completely transforming the planet from the inside over billions of years.

A mega fault in the USA could trigger the largest earthquake in history and generate a devastating tsunami along more than 965 km between Canada and California.

Scientists discover signs of a reversal of the Earth’s magnetic field and tectonic plate movement in Australian territory that could change what is known about the origin of the planet.

Scientists discover signs of a reversal of the Earth’s magnetic field and tectonic plate movement in Australian territory that could change what is known about the planet’s origin.

Ongoing Tectonic Process in East Africa Could Change the Map of the World: Active Rift Separates Somali and Nubian Plates, Opens Cracks in the Ground, and Indicates the Birth of a New Ocean That May Redraw Continents

‘Ticking Time Bomb’ Tectonics: New Find in the San Andreas Fault Reveals Hidden Fragment Lost for 30 Million Years That Could Cause Mega Earthquake in the US

Why Venezuela Holds the Largest Oil Reserves in the World

Scientists Investigate Deep Fracture Under Atlantic That Could Explain Major Historical Earthquakes, Indicate Slow Changes in Tectonic Plates, and Raise New Concerns About Future Seismic and Tsunami Risks

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Dissatisfied with seeing people sleeping on the street, a man named Ryan Donais started building small mobile homes so that homeless people can escape the cold, each equipped with a bed, running water, electricity, and heating.

Cambodia has started digging a nearly 180-kilometer canal to connect the Mekong River directly to the sea and reduce its dependence on the ports of neighboring Vietnam.

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An Indonesian fisherman pulls a mysterious object from the sea and discovers that it is a Chinese underwater monitoring system, part of the so-called Underwater Great Wall that Beijing uses to track submarines and unmanned vehicles in strategic straits of the region.

China sends to Australia its largest tunnel boring machine ever exported, a 15.7-meter giant that ‘bends at the waist’ to overcome underground curves and open a 6.5 km six-lane road tunnel under Sydney’s harbor by 2028.