How Do We Know Plate Tectonics Is Real?
But did thee feel the Earth move? ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Why do Africa and South America fit together? Anyone who's ever looked at a map can see that Earth's continents are...
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Breaking up is hard to do. Sometimes, it feels like it goes on forever...days...weeks...months...millions of years? Just ask Pangaea. [OPEN] Plate tectonics. It’s not your fault if you take it for granite. The concept that the Earth’s crust moves around, rubs together, and pulls apart seems obvious now. I mean just look at it. But as recently as 50 years ago, thinking the continents had ever actually moved from their current locations would have gotten you laughed out of any serious scientific meeting. The notion of moving continents all started with Alfred Wegener. He noticed the continents appeared to fit together, almost perfectly, like a jigsaw puzzle. And if they used to fit together, that means they must have somehow moved apart. This led him to...
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Breaking up is hard to do. Sometimes, it feels like it goes on forever...days...weeks...months...millions of years? Just ask Pangaea. [OPEN] Plate tectonics. It’s not your fault if you take it for granite. The concept that the Earth’s crust moves around, rubs together, and pulls apart seems obvious now. I mean just look at it. But as recently as 50 years ago, thinking the continents had ever actually moved from their current locations would have gotten you laughed out of any serious scientific meeting. The notion of moving continents all started with Alfred Wegener. He noticed the continents appeared to fit together, almost perfectly, like a jigsaw puzzle. And if they used to fit together, that means they must have somehow moved apart. This led him to...
