Well oiled How plankton helped build mountains
Dec 17, 2021
2 minutes
By Robin McKie
The mighty forces that created our planet’s mountains got some unexpected help, scientists at Aberdeen and Glasgow universities have discovered. Their research shows some of Earth’s greatest ranges got a boost from primitive lifeforms whose remains lubricated movements of rock slabs
“Mountains are formed by slabs of rock piling up on
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