Discover interesting facts about how big earthquakes can get, why earthquakes happen, and why they're so hard to predict.

The Earth is made up of different layers: Therefore, instead of tectonic plates moving because of the convection currents, evidence suggests it is the plates that drive the convection. Slab pull ...

New study reveals that Earth's inner core is undergoing unexpected structural changes, challenging long-held assumptions ...

Research on hidden structures deep within Earth’s mantle challenges theories about our planet’s middle layer and could ...

"It's pretty surreal to walk between two major pieces of Earth's crust that are drifting in different directions," Brooke ...

Most scientists think that's not a coincidence. By dragging huge chunks of crust into the mantle, Earth's middle layer, plate tectonics pulls carbon from the planet's surface and atmosphere ...

Scientists of course cannot cut into Earth and directly observe its insides. Instead, their knowledge is inferred from the ...

New research suggests that Earth's inner core, long believed to be stable, may be undergoing structural changes, including a ...

To find out, the team used whole-Earth oscillation data from 104 past earthquakes to create a detailed 3D model of the upper ...

A new way of measuring structures deep inside Earth has highlighted numerous ... into the mantle through subduction zones where tectonic plates meet. For example, in October 2024, researchers ...

According to a study published in Scientific Reports, anomalies deep within the Earth's mantle appear to be remnants of submerged tectonic plates—but located far from where such plates are ...