A massive volcanic ridge beneath the Indian Ocean has just delivered a major surprise to geologists. According to a new study ...

The Earth’s mantle, stretching up to 1,800 miles thick and making up a whopping 84% of the planet’s volume, used to be ...

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 ...

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 ...

Using innovative seismic techniques, researchers mapped deep mantle flows, revealing how molten rock interacts with sinking slabs to influence volcanic activity and plate movement ... tectonic plates ...

Continent-sized structures of mineral protruding from the lower mantle towards Earth's outer core may be contributing to an instability of our planet's magnetic field. The two odd formations – one ...

Surprising differences in the two so-called Large Low-Velocity Provinces may risk instability in Earth's protective magnetic field.

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 ...