A phase change in post-perovskite materials at the so-called D” discontinuity is also evidence for long-predicted slow, convective flows in the mantle itself ...

Scientists found a rhythmic mantle plume beneath Ethiopia is slowly tearing Africa apart - hinting at the birth of a new ...

There is mounting evidence that even surprisingly simple animals, like invertebrates, have a level of consciousness - but not ...

A recently published study has revealed a little-known tectonic process unfolding beneath Turkey’s Central Anatolian Plateau, ...

Scientists believe that gold and other precious metals are slowly leaking to the surface from Earth's core through Hawaiian ...

There's a lot more to Earth than meets the eye. Far from being just a roundish rock barreling through space, our planet is composed of several layers held together by intense forces of gravity ...

The Earth’s interior is far more complex than what we are taught in school. Instead of just three layers- crust, mantle, and core- the Earth is made up of multiple intricate layers, each with ...

Led by geology postdoctoral researcher Jingchuan Wang, the team used innovative seismic imaging techniques to peer deep into Earth's mantle, the layer between our planet's crust and core. They ...

This is due to the transport of dead marine life into the Earth's interior, changing the "redox" state of the magma. The Earth's layers (main) and the sun (inset).

Earth’s Inner Core May Be Slowing Its Spin, Another Study Suggests New research adds evidence to the controversial idea that the hot, solid ball at the center of our planet has been reducing its ...

Below Larderello, Giudetti says, a vast reservoir of steam and water, spanning 1,600 to 14,000 feet deep, is trapped between Earth's interior heat and a layer of clay-heavy rocks that act like a ...