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TopicTectonic plates

Topic: tectonic plates

Where did the Earth’s oxygen come from? US Study points to an unexpected source

At least some of the Earth’s early oxygen came from a tectonic source via the movement and destruction of the Earth’s crust.

ISRO’s Mars mission discovers how dust storms expand the red planet’s atmosphere

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week.

Levels of carbon dioxide in atmosphere hit record high in May

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to the best sources to read them.

When Earth’s gravity meets a shrinking Moon, lunar quakes shake it up

Finding is significant as humans are looking to establish a base on the Moon by turn of the century. Information about tectonic activity will help decide locations for explorers to reach. 

On Camera

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.