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Weirdly Hot Rocks in New England Traced to 80-Million-Year-Old Greenland Rift

Weirdly Hot Rocks in New England Traced to 80-Million-Year-Old Greenland Rift
science7/31/2025

New research suggests Earth's lithosphere is dripping rocks like lava lamps.

Roughly 124 miles (200 kilometers) beneath the Appalachian Mountains in New England lies the aptly named Northern Appalachian Anomaly (NAA), a mysterious 218-mile-wide (350-km) region of unusually hot rock. Researchers have long believed that the NAA... [3155 chars]