China is set to venture where humanity has scarcely been before: beneath the Earth's crust, into its mantle. To achieve this ...

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

Recent research has uncovered evidence suggesting that Earth’s crust may be peeling away, deep below the mountain range. This process, known as delamination, could help explain the complex ...

It’s here that Barbara Sherwood Lollar, a hydrogeologist at the University of Toronto, journeys into the planet’s crust to hunt for signs of life. “You get into a small truck or vehicle and go down a ...

Earth's crust, or the outermost shell of the planet ... Devika Rao has worked as a staff writer at The Week since 2022, covering science, the environment, climate and business.

Surprising differences in the two so-called Large Low-Velocity Provinces may risk instability in Earth's protective magnetic ...

"Solar heat drives atmospheric temperature changes, which in turn can affect things like rock properties," the researchers said.

Our planet is constantly changing. Millions of years ago, the impact of a large meteorite ended the lives of the dinosaurs, and ice ages, periods of rain, drought and evolution hav ...