Occurring 400 miles under the surface of the earth, in an area known as ‘the transition zone’, the melting happens as a result of H2O stored in mantle rocks that contain ringwoodite.

As iron is the primary component of the Earth's core, its properties (e.g., its melting temperature at the pressures found in the proximity of the Earth's inner core boundary) set an upper limit ...

Ice sheet melt could set them off ... pressure on magma chamber walls and can lead to eruptions. Related: Earth from space: Antarctica's 'Deception Island' is one of the only places on Earth ...

If there’s one truism that can be gleaned from Earth’s geologic history ... Sadly, the melting of the Antarctic Ice Sheet shows no sign of slowing, in fact, due to a process known as the ...