#plate-tectonics

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Volcanoes: Why Some Ooze and Some Explode

Why eruption style is set by a magma's silica and dissolved gas rather than luck, and why volcanoes cluster at plate boundaries and hotspots instead of appearing at random.

10 min read·Aug 1, 2026

Earth & Climate

Plate Tectonics

Why South America fits Africa, why Wegener was dismissed for half a century, and how magnetic stripes on the seafloor finally supplied the mechanism that turned continental drift into plate tectonics.

10 min read·Jul 17, 2026