Fifty years after the birth of modern plate tectonics theory, a group of researchers highlights three key examples of how our planet’s shape-shifting outer layer has altered our climate.
Javier Barbuzano
Javier Barbuzano is a freelance science journalist based in Barcelona, Spain. He received his master’s in science journalism from Boston University in 2017 and holds a degree in environmental science from the University of Granada in Spain. His work appears in publications like Eos, Sky & Telescope, and El País.
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