A perfectly preserved ancient tree fossil offered scientists an unprecedented view into a moment 42,000 years ago when the Earth’s magnetic field went haywire. The compelling 2021 study tells ...

Scientists have uncovered potential remnants of Earth's ancient crust, often referred to as ‘sunken worlds,’ hidden deep within the mantle.And this was possible because of a new way of mapping ...

Continent-size islands deep inside Earth's mantle could be more than a billion years old, a new study finds. Known as large low-seismic-velocity provinces (LLSVPs), these blobs are both hotter and ...

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Though the data looks promising, the team won't be able to confirm whether any traces of microbial life are present until the samples are back on Earth. But it's not just the Red Planet's history ...

Two continent-sized regions deep in Earth’s mantle, known as LLSVPs, are hotter, older, and more rigid than their surroundings, contradicting the idea of a well-mixed mantle. Seismologists revealed ...

but also that they must be ancient: at least half a billion years old, perhaps even older. These observations contradict the idea of a well-mixed and fast-flowing Earth's mantle, a theory that is ...

Her vision merges Mali's ancient building wisdom with contemporary design, creating structures that seem to rise organically from the Sahelian soil. Issued on: 02/02/2025 - 15:19 3 min ...

Most volcanoes are born along fault lines that intersect Earth's tectonic plates, because this is where the planet's crust is weakest and magma from the mantle can easily rise to the surface.

The Earth’s surface plays a critical role in the Earth system by interacting with the ocean and the atmosphere. To understand the Earth system, scientists must observe how the Earth’s surface changes ...