They reveal that the chemical composition of the deep mantle has remained almost intact since the Earth's formation 4.5 ...

Their new research reveals that rhythmic, heartbeat-like pulses of molten rock are rising from deep within the Earth’s mantle ...

Extreme conditions deep in Earth's interior recreated. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 3, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2010 / 09 / 100923142442.htm ...

The Earth's mantle might not always move along in lockstep with the overlying tectonic crust—as set out in science textbooks for decades—but may instead behave differently. This is the ...

Earth's deep interior transport system explains volcanic island lava complexities, report scientists. Studies of rocks found on certain volcanic islands, known as ocean island basalts, have ...

The earth’s mantle consists of an interlocking puzzle of tectonic plates. When those plates collide and one slides beneath the other, water gets pulled into the subduction zone.

The fifth layer. Scientists have long suspected that Earth’s inner core was made of two layers. But it wasn’t until ANU researchers took a closer look at what lies below that an “innermost ...

In honor of Earth Day on Tuesday, I've brought a game of Categories based on the word EARTH. For each category I give, name something in it starting with each of the letters E-A-R-T-H. For example ...

Deep beneath Earth’s surface, hot mantle rock slowly rises, fueling massive volcanic activity, tearing continents apart, and ...

Earth's core Photo: NASA/JPL . That’s the sort of thing that makes headlines. You hear that the Earth’s core stopped spinning and it drops a ball of searing hot metal into your gut.

The driving force behind this volcanic activity is believed to be the “Iceland Plume”—a deep, hot column of molten rock that ...

Sunrise over Ahu Tongariki Moai in Easter Island, Chile. The discovery of crystal "time capsules" on the island has challenged the idea that the Earth’s crust and mantle might move together like ...