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Zircon mineral grains

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Early Earth was covered in a global ocean and had no mountains

Some 4.4 billion years ago, soon after its formation, Earth was a much quieter and duller place than it is today, according to analysis of minerals from that time

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map showing subduction zones

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Map of the underworld may let us play plate tectonics in reverse

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The Columbia glacier

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Warming drives Alaskan glacier to its lowest point in 900 years

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Simonkolleite found in a copper mine in Arizona

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Rock solid evidence of Anthropocene seen in 208 minerals we made

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volcano picture

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Volcanoes: Oxford exhibition gives the fiery inside story

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A fountain of lava

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Secrets of Earth's birth carried in lava jets from planet's core

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Earth from space, showing clouds

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Simple equation shows how human activity is trashing the planet

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measuring stick

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Everest is not the world's tallest mountain – and here's why

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Mauritius

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Long-lost continent found submerged deep under Indian Ocean

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Quartz

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Planet Earth makes its own water from scratch deep in the mantle

Computer simulation confirms that water can form within our planet rather than arriving from space, and the process may explain mysterious deep quakes

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Complex life may have had a false start 2.3 billion years ago

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The paradox powering Earth's magnetic field

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Molten iron river discovered speeding beneath Russia and Canada

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Dinosaur-killing asteroid turned planet Earth inside-out

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