subduction

New Approach to Solving Subduction Zone ‘Headaches’

One reason Earth is a habitable planet with a breathable atmosphere is thanks to the evolution of…

Since the 1960s, scientists have accepted that mantle convection—the lava lamp-like churning of…

Subduction zones, where one tectonic plate sinks beneath another, are the main points of entry for…

In 2017, an interdisciplinary group of early career scientists visited Costa Rica’s subduction zone…

Ocean floor is born when lava wells out of underwater volcanoes along mid-ocean ridges. It slowly…

Subduction zones, where the edge of one tectonic plate slips beneath another, have earned the…

About 250 million years ago, one of the largest known volcanic events in history flooded the area…

From 3-20 April 2018, the Biology Meets Subduction team were back in the field to extend the study…

A new study published in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters [1] finds that carbonates…

On 11 February 2017, 25 researchers from six nations met in San Jose, Costa Rica for a 12-day…