The whole-earth syndrome; as the inner earth comes into focus, geoscientists are beginning to see the ties that bind together the different sections of the planet.

From: Science News | Date: June 11, 1988| Author: | Copyright information

The Whole-Earth Syndrome

There's no buttered popcorn, no music to accent the images on screen. Nonetheless, a dozen geophysicists and a few reporters stand captivated before the color television monitor, as 2 billion years of drama unfold before their eyes.

They are watching the newest earth-science video -- starring the continental plates, moving at a film speed of about 700 million years a minute. In real life, the continents move too slowly to provide entertaining viewing material. If pitted in a race against a growing fingernail, the continents would just about tie.

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