Strong new evidence suggests that primordial material from the planet’s center is somehow making its way out. Continent-size entities anchored to the core-mantle boundary might be involved. #science #geophysics #earthscience
Read more at Quanta Magazine: https://www.quantamagazine.org/earths-core-appears-to-be-leaking-up-and-out-of-earths-surface-20250804/
Associated papers: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08322-y, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09003-0
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