The seafloor is far thinner than the bulky landmass, and temperature from within Earth is “quenched” by the enormous volume ...

The D'' layer of the mantle flows in a solid state due to post-perovskite alignment, which accelerates seismic waves by 7%.

Have you ever wondered how Earth came to be? In this video, we’ll take you on a fascinating journey through the origins of ...

Strong new evidence suggests that primordial material from the planet’s center is somehow making its way out. Continent-size ...

Starting at the surface, you would have to dig nearly 2,000 miles before reaching the Earth’s core. No one could survive that ...

The life of planet Earth is a fascinating world studied by geologists around the world. In recent months, some discoveries ...

In the 1990s, seismologists discovered two hot zones within Earth’s mantle: one under most of Africa, Spain, and part of the Atlantic; the other under the Pacific Ocean.

Geothermal heat, continuously regenerated in Earth’s mantle and crust, offers a dense, 24/7 resource that could shoulder much of that load without carbon emissions, radioactive waste, or ...

Deep heat beneath the Appalachian Mountains may be linked to an ancient rift with Greenland, helping explain why the range is ...

Deeper earthquakes, originating from within the Earth’s mantle, showed little connection to solar heat. But shallow earthquakes—which can be extremely destructive—appeared influenced by ...