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Plate Tectonics: New Ocean Basin Forming More Rapidly within the East African Rift System

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East African Rift System GPS and Stresses , Mikenorton ; CC BY-SA 4.0 International , Link  Africa is Splitting Apart: A New Ocean is Forming Faster Than Anyone Predicted (Lydia AMAZOUZ, Daily Galaxy ; December 30, 2024) https://dailygalaxy.com/2024/12/africa-splitting-new-ocean-forming-faster/ Selected Research Articles : A review of the shrinking and expanding of the East Africa rift valley lakes:  The case of Ethiopian and Kenyan lakes (GEBREEGZIABHER et al. , 2024) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214581824002581 Review of chemical properties of inland soda and saline waters in East Africa (rift valley region) [LAMECK et al. , 2023] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214581823000101 Evolution of the East African Rift System from trap-scale to plate-scale rifting (MICHON et al. , 2022) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012825222001738 History of the development of the East African Rift System:  A series of interpre...

Heavy Metal Pollution on Campus Soils - Aksaray University, Turkey

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Aksaray University, Turkey Mapping of heavy metal pollution density and source distribution of campus soils using geographical information system (GÖK et al. , 2024) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-78961-8 Aksaray Topograhpic Location Map , Tschubby/GrandEscogriffe ; CC BY-SA 3.0 , Link

The Role of Ancient Terrestrial Hot Springs and the Emergence of Early Life on Earth

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  Hot Springs in West Thumb Geyser Basin , Brocken INAGLORY ; CC BY-SA 3.0 , Link Minerals in hot springs performed a key chemical reaction for early life on Earth, new study confirms (Quoc Phuong TRAN, The Conversation ; November 28, 2024) https://theconversation.com/minerals-in-hot-springs-performed-a-key-chemical-reaction-for-early-life-on-earth-new-study-confirms-243586 Featured Research Article Iron sulfide-catalyzed gaseous  CO 2  reduction and prebiotic carbon fixation in terrestrial hot springs (NAN et al., 2024)   https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-54062-y 3D Unit Cell of Greigite , Hoa112008 ; Link