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Environmental News Network -- Know Your Environment
The East African Rift System (EARS) is a newly forming plate tectonic boundary at which the African continent is being separated into several plates. This is not a clean break. The system includes several rift arms and one or more smaller so-called microplates. According to GPS data, the Victoria microplate is moving in a counterclockwise rotation relative to Africa in contrast to the other plates involved.
Each spring, the Canadian Arctic is the site of a fierce battle between water and ice.
America's marine economy is an entrepreneurial engine at the forefront of an expanding ocean frontier.
The storm lingered over the Yucatán Peninsula for several days.
Today marks World Oceans Day, a day that aims to raise awareness in protecting and restoring our oceans and its resources.
Heavy rainfall led to record flooding in parts of the nation.
