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

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

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

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

An international team of scientists led by researchers from the University of Southampton has found evidence that rhythmic ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...