Scientists uncover surprising evidence that the Kerguelen hotspot, responsible for the 5,000-kilometer-long Ninetyeast Ridge, ...

The mantle of the Earth, up to 1,800 miles (2,900 kms) thick and 84% of the Earth's volume, was assumed to be a simple ...

Using advanced computer simulations, researchers have reconstructed the geological past of the region, uncovering a ...

For millions of years, Earth’s shifting plates have shaped continents, formed oceans, and built towering mountain ranges. But ...

Earth’s surface is constantly shifting, shaped by the slow but powerful movement of tectonic plates. While some plates have persisted for hundreds of millions of years, others have vanished, sinking ...

By combining a model of mantle convection, including a reconstruction ... It is also fascinating to see the links between the movements of plates on the Earth's surface and structures 3000 km ...

Despite having been studied from every possible point of view and angle, the Earth will remain a mystery to most people. Studies of its structure are incomplete, especially after t ...

Two enormous, supercontinent-sized 'islands' buried deep within the mantle ... a model of mantle convection with a reconstruction of the last billion years of tectonic plate movements across ...

Where the Earth’s core meets the mantle, there are two giant regions ... “It is also fascinating to see the links between the movements of plates on the Earth’s surface and structures ...