The Grand Canyon is a gigantic geological library, with rocky layers that tell much of the story of Earth’s history.

The unprecedented rates of warming and melting of vast ice masses in Greenland have also led to movements in the bedrock from ...

A new geological model revolutionizes a century of theories: a rigid wedge of mantle keeps the Himalayas standing.

What is the chemical composition of the Earth’s interior? Because it is impossible to drill more than about ten kilometres deep into the Earth, volcanic rocks formed by melting Earth’s deep interior ...

A careful analysis of the complex boundary where four tectonic plates meet reveals that one of the slabs is tearing itself ...

Recent scientific investigations have unearthed remnants of a lost planet concealed deep within Earth’s mantle, potentially ...

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Earth's crust once formed a dense "root" supporting Colombia's northern Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains, but new research suggests this prop sank into the mantle millions of years ago. When you ...

Extreme chemical reactions could explain why Earth's middle layer has so much carbon. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The ...

Scientists discovered a crack under the sea off Vancouver Island, NFZ in Cascadia region, that could alter Pacific subduction ...

The Earth's mantle might not always move along in lockstep with the overlying tectonic crust—as set out in science textbooks for decades—but may instead behave differently. This is the conclusion of ...

On April 12, 2023, geologists, microbiologists and other scientists sailed to the Atlantis Massif, a 14,000-foot underwater mountain sitting on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean. The plan: To dig into ...