Birth of the Ocean: Scientists Record the Formation of New Crust in Real Time for the First Time
Geophysicists have recorded the birth of new oceanic crust in real time for the first time in history! 🌊🌋 French scientists, using an autonomous observatory in the Indian Ocean, tracked how the emptying of a magma reservoir led to the subsidence of the floor by 4.2 meters. This is direct proof of spreading, which forms two-thirds of the Earth's surface. 🌍🔬
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