The seafloor is far thinner than the bulky landmass, and temperature from within Earth is “quenched” by the enormous volume ...

A recent study published in Communications Earth & Environment has unveiled an extraordinary discovery: the solid rock deep ...

A bold new theory reimagines the NAA as a "Rayleigh–Taylor instability"—a geological term for when heavy, cold rock begins to ...

A new discovery reveals that Earth's deep D” layer flows like syrup despite being solid, reshaping our understanding of ...

The D'' layer of the mantle flows in a solid state due to post-perovskite alignment, which accelerates seismic waves by 7%.

For decades, scientists have suspected that large volcanic eruptions have their origins in two mysterious massive regions at ...

The Earth’s mantle is a vast layer of hot rock beneath our feet that plays a crucial role in everything from volcanic ...

The are many types of fluids that flow between the deep mantle underlying Yellowstone National Park and the atmosphere above ...

The life of planet Earth is a fascinating world studied by geologists around the world. In recent months, some discoveries ...

Deep heat beneath the Appalachian Mountains may be linked to an ancient rift with Greenland, helping explain why the range is still rising.

In the 1990s, seismologists discovered two hot zones within Earth’s mantle: one under most of Africa, Spain, and part of the Atlantic; the other under the Pacific Ocean.

Deeper earthquakes, originating from within the Earth’s mantle, showed little connection to solar heat. But shallow earthquakes—which can be extremely destructive—appeared influenced by ...