#tectonic — Public Fediverse posts

The #Cretaceous hothouse had atmospheric #CO₂ levels above 1,000 ppm, compared with 420 today, and temperatures up to 10℃ higher than today. It was caused by very fast-moving #tectonic plates, which increased CO₂ emissions. Tectonic plates slow down due to collisions, which leads to mountain building. The weathering of igneous rocks is very efficient in reducing atmospheric CO₂. Spreading olivine on beaches could absorb up to a trillion tonnes of CO₂ from the atmosphere https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2022/05/26/how-plate-tectonics-have-maintained-earth-s--goldilocks--climate.html

The #Cretaceous hothouse had atmospheric #CO₂ levels above 1,000 ppm, compared with 420 today, and temperatures up to 10℃ higher than today. It was caused by very fast-moving #tectonic plates, which increased CO₂ emissions. Tectonic plates slow down due to collisions, which leads to mountain building. The weathering of igneous rocks is very efficient in reducing atmospheric CO₂. Spreading olivine on beaches could absorb up to a trillion tonnes of CO₂ from the atmosphere https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2022/05/26/how-plate-tectonics-have-maintained-earth-s--goldilocks--climate.html

The #Cretaceous hothouse had atmospheric #CO₂ levels above 1,000 ppm, compared with 420 today, and temperatures up to 10℃ higher than today. It was caused by very fast-moving #tectonic plates, which increased CO₂ emissions. Tectonic plates slow down due to collisions, which leads to mountain building. The weathering of igneous rocks is very efficient in reducing atmospheric CO₂. Spreading olivine on beaches could absorb up to a trillion tonnes of CO₂ from the atmosphere https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2022/05/26/how-plate-tectonics-have-maintained-earth-s--goldilocks--climate.html

The #Cretaceous hothouse had atmospheric #CO₂ levels above 1,000 ppm, compared with 420 today, and temperatures up to 10℃ higher than today. It was caused by very fast-moving #tectonic plates, which increased CO₂ emissions. Tectonic plates slow down due to collisions, which leads to mountain building. The weathering of igneous rocks is very efficient in reducing atmospheric CO₂. Spreading olivine on beaches could absorb up to a trillion tonnes of CO₂ from the atmosphere https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2022/05/26/how-plate-tectonics-have-maintained-earth-s--goldilocks--climate.html

The #Cretaceous hothouse had atmospheric #CO₂ levels above 1,000 ppm, compared with 420 today, and temperatures up to 10℃ higher than today. It was caused by very fast-moving #tectonic plates, which increased CO₂ emissions. Tectonic plates slow down due to collisions, which leads to mountain building. The weathering of igneous rocks is very efficient in reducing atmospheric CO₂. Spreading olivine on beaches could absorb up to a trillion tonnes of CO₂ from the atmosphere https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2022/05/26/how-plate-tectonics-have-maintained-earth-s--goldilocks--climate.html

@nationalparks #PointReyes #NationalSeashore is a #nationalpark near San Francisco established in 1962 by John F. Kennedy. The area encompasses a #peninsula and a small section of the adjacent ocean. It is of #tectonic interest because it lies on the #PacificPlate, which moves relative to the #NorthAmericanPlate with the San Andreas Fault between both. The peninsula has a special vegetation: the #Californiacoastalprairie.

Text by Stefan F. Wirth

Video by USGS Science https://youtu.be/gsuH8t1BApY?is=k83s_l7ySmIemFDK

@nationalparks #PointReyes #NationalSeashore is a #nationalpark near San Francisco established in 1962 by John F. Kennedy. The area encompasses a #peninsula and a small section of the adjacent ocean. It is of #tectonic interest because it lies on the #PacificPlate, which moves relative to the #NorthAmericanPlate with the San Andreas Fault between both. The peninsula has a special vegetation: the #Californiacoastalprairie.

Text by Stefan F. Wirth

Video by USGS Science https://youtu.be/gsuH8t1BApY?is=k83s_l7ySmIemFDK

@nationalparks #PointReyes #NationalSeashore is a #nationalpark near San Francisco established in 1962 by John F. Kennedy. The area encompasses a #peninsula and a small section of the adjacent ocean. It is of #tectonic interest because it lies on the #PacificPlate, which moves relative to the #NorthAmericanPlate with the San Andreas Fault between both. The peninsula has a special vegetation: the #Californiacoastalprairie.

Text by Stefan F. Wirth

Video by USGS Science https://youtu.be/gsuH8t1BApY?is=k83s_l7ySmIemFDK

@nationalparks #PointReyes #NationalSeashore is a #nationalpark near San Francisco established in 1962 by John F. Kennedy. The area encompasses a #peninsula and a small section of the adjacent ocean. It is of #tectonic interest because it lies on the #PacificPlate, which moves relative to the #NorthAmericanPlate with the San Andreas Fault between both. The peninsula has a special vegetation: the #Californiacoastalprairie.

Text by Stefan F. Wirth

Video by USGS Science https://youtu.be/gsuH8t1BApY?is=k83s_l7ySmIemFDK

@nationalparks #PointReyes #NationalSeashore is a #nationalpark near San Francisco established in 1962 by John F. Kennedy. The area encompasses a #peninsula and a small section of the adjacent ocean. It is of #tectonic interest because it lies on the #PacificPlate, which moves relative to the #NorthAmericanPlate with the San Andreas Fault between both. The peninsula has a special vegetation: the #Californiacoastalprairie.

Text by Stefan F. Wirth

Video by USGS Science https://youtu.be/gsuH8t1BApY?is=k83s_l7ySmIemFDK

Ancient subduction zones—regions where #tectonic plates historically collided and forced material beneath one another—are the primary drivers behind the formation and distribution of critical rare earth element (REE) deposits and carbonatite magmas.
#EarthSciences #Geology #Geochemistry #Tectonophysics #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/es04092601.html

Ancient subduction zones—regions where #tectonic plates historically collided and forced material beneath one another—are the primary drivers behind the formation and distribution of critical rare earth element (REE) deposits and carbonatite magmas.
#EarthSciences #Geology #Geochemistry #Tectonophysics #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/es04092601.html

Ancient subduction zones—regions where #tectonic plates historically collided and forced material beneath one another—are the primary drivers behind the formation and distribution of critical rare earth element (REE) deposits and carbonatite magmas.
#EarthSciences #Geology #Geochemistry #Tectonophysics #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/es04092601.html

Ancient subduction zones—regions where #tectonic plates historically collided and forced material beneath one another—are the primary drivers behind the formation and distribution of critical rare earth element (REE) deposits and carbonatite magmas.
#EarthSciences #Geology #Geochemistry #Tectonophysics #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/es04092601.html

Ancient subduction zones—regions where #tectonic plates historically collided and forced material beneath one another—are the primary drivers behind the formation and distribution of critical rare earth element (REE) deposits and carbonatite magmas.
#EarthSciences #Geology #Geochemistry #Tectonophysics #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/es04092601.html

A Billion Years Are Mysteriously Missing From #Earth’s History. Now, We Know Why.
#TheGreatUnconformity — a gap in Earth’s #geologicalrecord. New research suggests it was created by shifting continents, rather than “#SnowballEarth” or #Cambrian life. Evidence that the gap was largely created by #tectonic processes that occurred from 2.1B to 1.6B years ago, in the #Neoproterozoic era, during the formation of an ancient supercontinent called Columbia
https://www.404media.co/great-unconformity-gap-geological-record-study-columbia/
https://archive.ph/glmuh

A Billion Years Are Mysteriously Missing From #Earth’s History. Now, We Know Why.
#TheGreatUnconformity — a gap in Earth’s #geologicalrecord. New research suggests it was created by shifting continents, rather than “#SnowballEarth” or #Cambrian life. Evidence that the gap was largely created by #tectonic processes that occurred from 2.1B to 1.6B years ago, in the #Neoproterozoic era, during the formation of an ancient supercontinent called Columbia
https://www.404media.co/great-unconformity-gap-geological-record-study-columbia/
https://archive.ph/glmuh

A Billion Years Are Mysteriously Missing From #Earth’s History. Now, We Know Why.
#TheGreatUnconformity — a gap in Earth’s #geologicalrecord. New research suggests it was created by shifting continents, rather than “#SnowballEarth” or #Cambrian life. Evidence that the gap was largely created by #tectonic processes that occurred from 2.1B to 1.6B years ago, in the #Neoproterozoic era, during the formation of an ancient supercontinent called Columbia
https://www.404media.co/great-unconformity-gap-geological-record-study-columbia/
https://archive.ph/glmuh

A Billion Years Are Mysteriously Missing From #Earth’s History. Now, We Know Why.
#TheGreatUnconformity — a gap in Earth’s #geologicalrecord. New research suggests it was created by shifting continents, rather than “#SnowballEarth” or #Cambrian life. Evidence that the gap was largely created by #tectonic processes that occurred from 2.1B to 1.6B years ago, in the #Neoproterozoic era, during the formation of an ancient supercontinent called Columbia
https://www.404media.co/great-unconformity-gap-geological-record-study-columbia/
https://archive.ph/glmuh

A Billion Years Are Mysteriously Missing From #Earth’s History. Now, We Know Why.
#TheGreatUnconformity — a gap in Earth’s #geologicalrecord. New research suggests it was created by shifting continents, rather than “#SnowballEarth” or #Cambrian life. Evidence that the gap was largely created by #tectonic processes that occurred from 2.1B to 1.6B years ago, in the #Neoproterozoic era, during the formation of an ancient supercontinent called Columbia
https://www.404media.co/great-unconformity-gap-geological-record-study-columbia/
https://archive.ph/glmuh

https://theconversation.com/how-one-massive-gas-field-shapes-the-global-stakes-of-conflict-in-the-middle-east-277439; https://theconversation.com/the-oil-price-surge-is-just-one-symptom-of-a-supply-chain-network-that-is-not-fit-for-this-age-of-global-tensions-277277. "The #MiddleEast is responsible for some 30% of global #oil production & 17% of global natural #gas production... Incredibly all this #oilandgas is found within a single minor #tectonic plate - the #Arabian plate."

https://theconversation.com/how-one-massive-gas-field-shapes-the-global-stakes-of-conflict-in-the-middle-east-277439; https://theconversation.com/the-oil-price-surge-is-just-one-symptom-of-a-supply-chain-network-that-is-not-fit-for-this-age-of-global-tensions-277277. "The #MiddleEast is responsible for some 30% of global #oil production & 17% of global natural #gas production... Incredibly all this #oilandgas is found within a single minor #tectonic plate - the #Arabian plate."

https://theconversation.com/how-one-massive-gas-field-shapes-the-global-stakes-of-conflict-in-the-middle-east-277439; https://theconversation.com/the-oil-price-surge-is-just-one-symptom-of-a-supply-chain-network-that-is-not-fit-for-this-age-of-global-tensions-277277. "The #MiddleEast is responsible for some 30% of global #oil production & 17% of global natural #gas production... Incredibly all this #oilandgas is found within a single minor #tectonic plate - the #Arabian plate."

https://theconversation.com/how-one-massive-gas-field-shapes-the-global-stakes-of-conflict-in-the-middle-east-277439; https://theconversation.com/the-oil-price-surge-is-just-one-symptom-of-a-supply-chain-network-that-is-not-fit-for-this-age-of-global-tensions-277277. "The #MiddleEast is responsible for some 30% of global #oil production & 17% of global natural #gas production... Incredibly all this #oilandgas is found within a single minor #tectonic plate - the #Arabian plate."

https://theconversation.com/how-one-massive-gas-field-shapes-the-global-stakes-of-conflict-in-the-middle-east-277439; https://theconversation.com/the-oil-price-surge-is-just-one-symptom-of-a-supply-chain-network-that-is-not-fit-for-this-age-of-global-tensions-277277. "The #MiddleEast is responsible for some 30% of global #oil production & 17% of global natural #gas production... Incredibly all this #oilandgas is found within a single minor #tectonic plate - the #Arabian plate."

Scientists discover recent tectonic activity on the moon

https://phys.org/news/2026-02-scientists-tectonic-moon.html

#HackerNews #Scientists #Tectonic #Moon #Discovery #Space #Science #Lunar #Activity

Scientists discover recent tectonic activity on the moon

https://phys.org/news/2026-02-scientists-tectonic-moon.html

#HackerNews #Scientists #Tectonic #Moon #Discovery #Space #Science #Lunar #Activity

Scientists discover recent tectonic activity on the moon

https://phys.org/news/2026-02-scientists-tectonic-moon.html

#HackerNews #Scientists #Tectonic #Moon #Discovery #Space #Science #Lunar #Activity

Scientists discover recent tectonic activity on the moon

https://phys.org/news/2026-02-scientists-tectonic-moon.html

#HackerNews #Scientists #Tectonic #Moon #Discovery #Space #Science #Lunar #Activity

Scientists discover recent tectonic activity on the moon

https://phys.org/news/2026-02-scientists-tectonic-moon.html

#HackerNews #Scientists #Tectonic #Moon #Discovery #Space #Science #Lunar #Activity

17-Feb-2026
Smithsonian planetary scientists discover recent #tectonic activity on the #Moon
New map of small ridges in the Lunar Maria reveals new seismic threats to human exploration

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1116509 #science #solarSystem

17-Feb-2026
Smithsonian planetary scientists discover recent #tectonic activity on the #Moon
New map of small ridges in the Lunar Maria reveals new seismic threats to human exploration

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1116509 #science #solarSystem

17-Feb-2026
Smithsonian planetary scientists discover recent #tectonic activity on the #Moon
New map of small ridges in the Lunar Maria reveals new seismic threats to human exploration

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1116509 #science #solarSystem

17-Feb-2026
Smithsonian planetary scientists discover recent #tectonic activity on the #Moon
New map of small ridges in the Lunar Maria reveals new seismic threats to human exploration

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1116509 #science #solarSystem

17-Feb-2026
Smithsonian planetary scientists discover recent #tectonic activity on the #Moon
New map of small ridges in the Lunar Maria reveals new seismic threats to human exploration

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1116509 #science #solarSystem

The connection between #tectonic plates and #climate https://phys.org/news/2026-01-shifting-tectonic-plates-drove-earth.html#google_vignette My reporting from #Chile here https://nkozphoto.com/index.php/2025/11/05/earthquakes-evolution-and-darwins-exploits-in-chile/ #darwin #evolution #science #earthquake #earthquakes

The connection between #tectonic plates and #climate https://phys.org/news/2026-01-shifting-tectonic-plates-drove-earth.html#google_vignette My reporting from #Chile here https://nkozphoto.com/index.php/2025/11/05/earthquakes-evolution-and-darwins-exploits-in-chile/ #darwin #evolution #science #earthquake #earthquakes

The connection between #tectonic plates and #climate https://phys.org/news/2026-01-shifting-tectonic-plates-drove-earth.html#google_vignette My reporting from #Chile here https://nkozphoto.com/index.php/2025/11/05/earthquakes-evolution-and-darwins-exploits-in-chile/ #darwin #evolution #science #earthquake #earthquakes

The connection between #tectonic plates and #climate https://phys.org/news/2026-01-shifting-tectonic-plates-drove-earth.html#google_vignette My reporting from #Chile here https://nkozphoto.com/index.php/2025/11/05/earthquakes-evolution-and-darwins-exploits-in-chile/ #darwin #evolution #science #earthquake #earthquakes

The connection between #tectonic plates and #climate https://phys.org/news/2026-01-shifting-tectonic-plates-drove-earth.html#google_vignette My reporting from #Chile here https://nkozphoto.com/index.php/2025/11/05/earthquakes-evolution-and-darwins-exploits-in-chile/ #darwin #evolution #science #earthquake #earthquakes

We call the very upper #atmospheric (ionosphere) #lightnings elves and sprites (which is itself great). They don't occur everywhere, and the analysis in this study argues that elves mostly occur along the #tectonic plates' boundaries, which is slightly crazy.

Link: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S1064226925700081

We call the very upper #atmospheric (ionosphere) #lightnings elves and sprites (which is itself great). They don't occur everywhere, and the analysis in this study argues that elves mostly occur along the #tectonic plates' boundaries, which is slightly crazy.

Link: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S1064226925700081

We call the very upper #atmospheric (ionosphere) #lightnings elves and sprites (which is itself great). They don't occur everywhere, and the analysis in this study argues that elves mostly occur along the #tectonic plates' boundaries, which is slightly crazy.

Link: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S1064226925700081

We call the very upper #atmospheric (ionosphere) #lightnings elves and sprites (which is itself great). They don't occur everywhere, and the analysis in this study argues that elves mostly occur along the #tectonic plates' boundaries, which is slightly crazy.

Link: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S1064226925700081

We call the very upper #atmospheric (ionosphere) #lightnings elves and sprites (which is itself great). They don't occur everywhere, and the analysis in this study argues that elves mostly occur along the #tectonic plates' boundaries, which is slightly crazy.

Link: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S1064226925700081

🌍 East African Rift study uncovers why breaking up is hard for some continents

https://phys.org/news/2025-11-east-african-rift-uncovers-hard.html

#geology #tectonic #africa #continents

🌍 East African Rift study uncovers why breaking up is hard for some continents

https://phys.org/news/2025-11-east-african-rift-uncovers-hard.html

#geology #tectonic #africa #continents

🌍 East African Rift study uncovers why breaking up is hard for some continents

https://phys.org/news/2025-11-east-african-rift-uncovers-hard.html

#geology #tectonic #africa #continents

🌍 East African Rift study uncovers why breaking up is hard for some continents

https://phys.org/news/2025-11-east-african-rift-uncovers-hard.html

#geology #tectonic #africa #continents

🌍 East African Rift study uncovers why breaking up is hard for some continents

https://phys.org/news/2025-11-east-african-rift-uncovers-hard.html

#geology #tectonic #africa #continents