Giant regions of the mantle where seismic waves slow down may have formed from subducted ocean crust, a new study finds.
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Scientists discover giant blobs deep inside Earth are 'evolving by themselves' — and we may finally know where they come fromWe finally know where two giant blobs in Earth's middle layer came from — and they're a mismatched pair. These strange regions in Earth's mantle, known as "large low velocity provinces" (LLVPs), are ...
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Recent scientific discoveries reveal two extraordinary phenomena that could change our understanding of Earth's hydrology.
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Earth Inside a Nebula: What Would Happen?What If is a Webby Award-winning science web series that takes you on a journey through hypothetical worlds and possibilities, some in distant corners of the universe, others right here on Earth." ...
Scientists discovered that volcanic eruptions in India’s Deccan Traps 66 million years ago released gases that altered Earth’s climate.
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'Primordial' helium from the birth of the solar system may be stuck in Earth's coreThe discovery that helium and iron can mix at the temperatures and pressures found at the center of Earth could settle a long-standing debate over how our planet formed.
Like straight out of Julio Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth, scientists from Northwestern University and the ...
Scientists have long been puzzled by volcanoes that erupt far from the edges of tectonic plates—known as intraplate volcanoes ...
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