A plume of molten rock rising from the depths of the Earth in heartbeat-like pulses is slowly tearing Africa apart—and will ...

The discovery of a new lifeform within Earth’s crust has sent ripples through the scientific community, challenging our ...

Geology; Earth's crust may be building mountains by dripping into the mantle . News. By Stephanie Pappas published 9 October 2024 An odd phenomenon called lithospheric dripping might occur ...

"It resets the playing field for how the geology, crust and atmosphere on Venus work together." Venus, often written off as a geologically dead world, is far more active beneath its blistering ...

They focused on the upper crust because it is relatively brittle and so possesses fractured rock that can, in turn, hold water. Below about 6.2 miles, the crust becomes much less porous and likely ...

Earth is missing a huge part of its crust. Now we may know why. A fifth of Earth’s geologic history might have vanished because planet-wide glaciers buried the evidence.

The film explores the dynamic nature of Earth's crust, detailing how it has evolved over billions of years. Initially formed from molten rock, the crust cools and hardens, leading to the creation ...

Subduction zones, where one tectonic plate dives underneath another, drive the world’s most devastating earthquakes and tsunamis. How do these danger zones come to be? A study in Geology presents ...

Sunrise over Ahu Tongariki Moai in Easter Island, Chile. The discovery of crystal "time capsules" on the island has challenged the idea that the Earth’s crust and mantle might move together like ...

How Earth's mantle is like a Jackson Pollock painting Date: May 20, 2019 Source: University of Utah Summary: New research paints an intricate picture of Earth's mantle as a geochemically diverse ...

Jostling in Venus’ crust could reveal clues about Earth’s early geology. Venusian ‘campi’ behave differently than our ... his team has discovered 58 unique crustal blocks on Venus’ crust.

In high school science class, textbooks often feature a recognizable image of the Earth and all its layers—currently, that’s the crust, outer and inner mantle, and outer and inner core.