Earth’s Core Appears To Be Leaking Up and Out of Earth’s Surface
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Earth's core is leaking primordial material to the surface, according to new evidence involving rare isotopes found in volcanic rocks. Scientists detected ruthenium-100 and helium-3 from plume-powered volcanoes, indicating core material is somehow breaching the core-mantle boundary, possibly through two giant "blobs" anchored deep below Africa and the Pacific where many volcanic plumes originate.
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