Lucas Van Wyk Joel
Lucas Van Wyk Joel is a science journalist who grew up playing in the dirt and collecting rocks. Now he writes about those things, and the rest of the planet, too.
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Earth
Earth’s oldest known earthquake was probably triggered by plate tectonics
Billion-year-old rocks in South Africa hold evidence for the onset of plate tectonics early in Earth’s history.