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

Scientists have uncovered new evidence to suggest that Earth is leaking gases from deep inside its mantle—even in regions without any volcanic activity. Led by researchers at The University of ...

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

Scientists discover hidden "ghost plume" beneath Oman using earthquake data, revealing Earth's secret heat pathways.

The researchers analysed groundwater from 17 wells in the Palouse Basin Aquifer in the United States - a key source of drinking water in a region considered to be geologically stable. Using advanced ...

Solid Earth sciences encompass the study of the crust, mantle and core of the Earth and other rocky planetary bodies. Earth sciences include petrology, mineralogy, seismology, core studies, mantle ...

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 ...

Durban — Abahlali baseMjondolo (Shack Dwellers) Movement has voiced concerns over insolvent water sanitation infrastructure in many areas in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) following last year’s April ...