A breakthrough study has provided the most detailed 3D look yet at the inner workings of the Tonga Subduction Zone, where ...

These plumes stretch from the very bottom of the mantle to volcanic hotspots at the surface, such as the Hawaiian islands. What's inside Earth quiz : Test your knowledge of our planet's hidden ...

Indian scientists have uncovered the possible cause behind the Indian Ocean Geoid Low (IOGL), the lowest geoid anomaly on ...

Research unveils a new theory about the origin of the Great Lakes, challenging what we know about their age and formation.

This is a 3D view of the top 1,000 kilometers of the earth's mantle beneath the central Pacific showing the relationship between seismically-slow "plumes" and channels imaged in the study.

Giant regions of the mantle where seismic waves slow down may have formed from subducted ocean crust, a new study finds.

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 ...

High-Resolution Anisotropic Tomography Reveals Mantle Flow Complexity and Slab-Plume Interactions, Redefining Subduction Zone ...