Novel Ocean-Crust Mechanism Could Affect World’s Carbon Budget

Novel Ocean-Crust Mechanism Could Affect World’s Carbon Budget
The Earth is constantly manufacturing new crust, spewing molten magma up along undersea ridges at the boundaries of tectonic plates. The process is critical to the planet’s metabolism, including the cycle of underwater life and the delicate balance of carbon in the ocean and atmosphere. Now, scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have observed ocean crust forming in an ...
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Review: Novel explores life of author Melville
"The Passages of H.M.: A Novel of Herman Melville" (Doubleday, .95), by Jay Parini: Before you embark on this particular literary voyage, flip to the back of the book and read the acknowledgments. It helps to hear the author state, in his own voice, "This is a novel, not a literary biography. In other words, I made up many things, shifted events to suit my narrative purposes, and invented ...
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