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Christina Rhodes

Christina Rhodes, BS, is an earth science writer on the editorial staff at Biology Insights. A certified public high school teacher, Rhodes still supervises student geology fieldwork each semester. She received her undergraduate degree in earth science education.

Why Was There More Oxygen in the Past?
What Is Ridge Push and Slab Pull in Plate Tectonics?
When Will the Earth’s Core Cool and What Happens Next?
What Causes Green Sand Beaches?
How Does Metamorphic Rock Become Igneous Rock?
Why Was Wegener’s Theory of Continental Drift Rejected?
How Are Impact Craters Formed? The Stages Explained
Is the Chicxulub Crater Visible? How Scientists Found It
How Did the Continents Break Apart?
Why Do Intrusive Igneous Rocks Have Large Crystals?
Do Mountains Really Stabilize the Earth?
Why Is the Earth’s Core Hot and What Keeps It That Way?
How Are Fossils Used to Identify the Age of Rocks?
When Did the First Rain Fall on Earth?
Why Is the Inner Core Important to Earth?
The Paleoproterozoic Era: Earth’s Transformative Period
What Is Flux Melting and How Does It Form Magma?
Is Basalt an Intrusive or Extrusive Igneous Rock?
The Late Devonian Mass Extinction: What Caused It?
What Causes the Mantle to Flow?
What Caused the First Mass Extinction?
North Carolina Earthquakes: New Perspectives on Seismic Activity
What Is the Frequency of the Earth?
How Does Decompression Melting Occur?
What Are Chemical Sedimentary Rocks and How Do They Form?
End-Permian Extinction: What Caused The Great Dying?
What Caused the Oso Landslide?
Pangaea Data: The Evidence for Earth’s Supercontinent
What Causes Convection Currents in Earth’s Mantle?
Is the Oceanic Crust Older Than the Continental?