Articles for tag: Earth Science, Pacific Ocean, Seismology, Tectonic Plates, Volcanoes

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What Lies Beneath the Pacific: The Unseen Tectonic Drama Below

Suhail Ahmed

Stand on a quiet Pacific shoreline at night and the ocean sounds calm, almost sleepy. Yet miles offshore, the seafloor is flexing, faults are creeping, and hot water is breathing through volcanic vents as if the planet itself were alive. The Pacific basin hides the world’s most potent tectonic engine, a restless ring where plates ...