The record-breaking mission offers an unprecedented opportunity to study the geology of our planet’s largest layer.

Seismic waves from earthquakes have always offered a window into Earth’s hidden interior. For decades, researchers believed ...

The oldest crust on Earth, known to be unchanging, is actually being altered in real time. The North American continent is ...

Unsustainable irrigation and drought have emptied nearly all of the Aral Sea’s water since the 1960s, causing changes extending all the way down to Earth’s upper mantle, the layer beneath the ...

Tibetan uplift was mainly caused by post-collisional mantle dynamics, not ongoing India-Asia convergence. The study ...

How core-mantle differentiation influenced the distribution of volatile elements on Earth. Imagine Earth's history as a ...

The land bridge created by mantle-driven uplift gave early primates and other animals opportunities to branch out.

Water from both volcanic rocks and deep mantle melted Earth's crust 1.6 billion years ago. This long-lasting melting formed ...

The uplift is likely due to Earth's mantle reacting to the evaporation ... "This is because the outermost strong layer of cold rock cannot carry the weight of such a wide body of water without ...

As you read this, the North American continent’s underside is dribbling away into Earth’s molten mantle. And according to ...