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Volcanic discovery sheds light on Earth's early history
Traces of a primordial magma ocean, believed to have covered the Earth in its earliest days, have been found in recent volcanic activity in the Indian Ocean.
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Earth was once covered by a global magma ocean, which later cooled and crystallised – now traces of this primordial event have been found in magma from a young volcano in the Indian Ocean
2026-07-03 15:13 UTC