💧🌏 Greg CocksAug 9, 2024
Earth Only Has Six Continents, Not Seven, As We've All Been Taught [well, seven/eight with Zealandia!]
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https://www.earth.com/news/claim-earth-has-six-continents-not-seven-north-america-europe-connected/ <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2024.05.001 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #geology #structuralgeology #earth #continents #geography #tectonics #platetectonics #NorthAmerica #Eurasia #volcanic #vulcanism #iceland #greenland #midatlanticridge #tectonicboundary #GreenlandIcelandFaroesRidge #ROMP #geologichistory
Claim: Earth only has six continents, not seven, as we've been taught

Growing up, we all learned about Earth's seven continents: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America.

Earth.com
ScienceActuallyDec 13, 2023

Reykjanes peninsula is located directly on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge where the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates are moving apart. Iceland is the only place where the ridge is visible on land and it is possible to walk between the two tectonic plates.

#science #sciencefacts #tectonicplates #midatlanticridge #iceland

formuchdeliberationNov 16, 2023
Iceland is bracing for an imminent volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula, in the southwest corner of the island. Grindavík, a small fishing town with a population of around 2,800 people, has been evacuated after a sinkhole measuring 3.2 feet (1 meter) deep appeared in the town... #IcelandVolcano #volcanology #volcano #midatlanticridge #iceland #geography #evacuations #PhysicalGeography #sinkholes #naturaldisasters #EarthScience https://www.livescience.com/live/news/iceland-volcano-reykjanes-peninsula
Iceland volcano LIVE: Eruption near Grindavík started Monday night

Latest updates on the volcano on Iceland's Reykjanes peninsula, which began erupting on Monday (Dec. 18) north of the small fishing village of Grindavík following weeks of localised earthquakes and sinkholes.

livescience.com
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺Apr 18, 2023

#Hydrothermal Activity Discovered Along The Puy de Folles Vent Field https://astrobiology.com/2023/04/hydrothermal-activity-discovered-along-the-puy-de-folles-vent-field.html

#NOAA, #SchmidtOceanInstitute, and partners recently embarked on the In Search of Hydrothermal Lost Cities expedition on the Schmidt’s #ResearchVessel Falkor (too) to locate and observe #HydrothermalVents activity along the #MidAtlanticRidge.

Hydrothermal Activity Discovered Along The Puy de Folles Vent Field - Astrobiology

NOAA, Schmidt Ocean Institute, and partners recently embarked on the In Search of Hydrothermal Lost Cities expedition on the Schmidt’s Research Vessel Falkor (too).

Astrobiology
avalon_apothecaryNov 11, 2022

Acadia at a Time of Mist shot by moi

#acadia #arcadia #greece #pan #pangea #avalonia #atlantis #neverland #atlanticocean #midatlanticridge #maine