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🤯 Mount Everest is Growing Every Single Year
Mount Everest gets about 4 millimeters taller every year as the Indian subcontinent continues to smash into the Eurasian tectonic plate beneath the Himalayas. 🏔️📏
#mindblowing #everest #geology #mountains #earth
Mount Everest gets about 4 millimeters taller every year as the Indian subcontinent continues to smash into the Eurasian tectonic plate beneath the Himalayas. 🏔️📏
#mindblowing #everest #geology #mountains #earth
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🤯 Continents Move at the Speed of Fingernails
Earth's tectonic plates drift across the mantle at roughly the exact same speed that your fingernails grow: about 2.5 to 3 centimeters (1 inch) per year. 💅🌍
#mindblowing #geology #earth #tectonics #continentaldrift
Earth's tectonic plates drift across the mantle at roughly the exact same speed that your fingernails grow: about 2.5 to 3 centimeters (1 inch) per year. 💅🌍
#mindblowing #geology #earth #tectonics #continentaldrift
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🤯 The Underground Ocean 400 Miles Beneath Us
Scientists discovered a subterranean reservoir of water 400 miles beneath Earth's crust trapped in ringwoodite containing 3x more water than all surface oceans combined. 🌊💎
#mindblowing #geology #earth #science #discovery
Scientists discovered a subterranean reservoir of water 400 miles beneath Earth's crust trapped in ringwoodite containing 3x more water than all surface oceans combined. 🌊💎
#mindblowing #geology #earth #science #discovery
