A breakthrough study has provided the most detailed 3D look yet at the inner workings of the Tonga Subduction Zone, where ...

The ice sheet is bending the rocky crust beneath at a rate of 0.13 millimetres per year. Mars's upper mantle is stiff, with a viscosity 10 to 100 times higher than Earth's. Focus: Planetary research, ...

The upper mantle is hard but below that is semi-molten rock called magma. Crust The crust is the outer layer of the Earth on which we live. It is the thinnest layer and is between 5 and 90 km thick.

Incorporating solar activity predictions into detailed Earth temperature models may improve seismic forecasts and save lives.

Deep beneath Earth’s surface, researchers have discovered an ancient seafloor buried for millions of years. This unexpected ...

"That makes sense, since heat and water mostly affect the upper layers of the Earth's crust," said Junqueira Saldanha. The findings suggest the transfer of solar heat to the surface of the Earth ...

The realisation in the 1960s that Earth’s crust is made of fragments called ... into that form by the high pressure found in the upper mantle. Those discovered at the surface have been carried ...

Deep beneath the Earth’s surface, researchers have uncovered striking new evidence of ancient seafloor buried for millions of ...

On a dynamic planet like Earth, it can be easy for drivers of change to go unnoticed – but scientists have now established and investigated an unexpected link between the Sun and our homeworld.

The findings suggest the transfer of solar heat to the surface of the Earth does affect seismic activity, however minutely, and that incorporating solar activity predictions into detailed Earth ...

Shatter cones in rocks in the Pilbara craton provide unequivocal evidence for oldest known impact crater on Earth, which struck ... A low-velocity anomaly in the upper mantle beneath the Coral ...