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Warming can affect plate tectonics [1]

Washington: New evidence has emerged that, given enough time, climate change can even alter the course of plate tectonics, by grinding them down.

The march of plate tectonics had previously seemed impervious to water and air

Publication Date: 
17/10/2008
Times Of India (New Delhi) [2]
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Andes [3], Climate Change [4], Climate Impacts [5], Research Agencies [6]
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