Geologists from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have made a breakthrough in understanding how Earth's early continents ...

Nevertheless, ringwoodite does indicate the presence of a lot of water down there. The researchers estimated that if just 1 ...

This zone serves as the boundary between Earth’s upper and lower mantle. Its thickness varies based on temperature, pressure, ...

The Earth’s interior consists of multiscale structures that range from micrometer-scale mineral assemblages to 1000-km-scale heterogeneities. Mantle plumes are one such mega-scale structure that ...

The highest volcano in the world is Cerro Ojos del Salado. It is a stratovolcano in South America’s Central Volcanic Zone, reaching an impressive 6893 meters above sea level (or at least above ...

They reveal that the chemical composition of the deep mantle has remained almost intact since the Earth's formation 4.5 ...

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 ...

Researchers believe they finally know what causes the Atlantic Warming Hole, a spot in the ocean which is cooling despite ...