“Plate tectonics jump-starts the evolution machine, and we think we understand why.” As the plates move, they create new landforms, which generate weather systems and new climates. Weathering ...

Wegener didn't have an explanation for how continents could move around the planet, but researchers do now: Plate tectonics. We now think that Earth's outer shell is divided into large slabs of ...

Also known as spreading boundary, a divergent boundary occurs where two plates move apart, allowing magma, or molten rock, to rise from the Earth's interior to fill in the gap. The two plates move ...

The convection currents move the plates. Where convection currents diverge near the Earth's crust, plates move apart. Where convection currents converge, plates move towards each other ...

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