An ancient slab of Earth's crust buried deep beneath the Midwest is sucking huge swatches of present-day's North American crust down into the mantle, researchers say. The slab's pull has created giant ...

A new analysis of rocks thought to be at least 2.5 billion years old helps clarify the chemical history of Earth's mantle -- the geologic layer beneath the planet's crust. The findings hone scientists ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. An international team of researchers investigated how Earth’s ...

Millions of years ago, a fiery plume rising from Earth’s mantle reshaped continents, closing ancient seas and lifting land that would forever change life on our planet. This upheaval forged a bridge ...

Gros Morne National Park might be the crown jewel of Newfoundland. From the towering cliffs of Western Brook Pond — often compared to Norway’s fjords — to hiking across the exposed Earth’s mantle at ...

Deeply hidden in Earth's mantle there are two huge "islands" the size of a continent. New research from Utrecht University shows that these regions are not only hotter than the surrounding graveyard ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Researchers have drilled the deepest-ever sample of rocks from Earth's mantle, penetrating 0.7 ...

Since late 2023, the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwest Iceland has erupted repeatedly, forcing evacuations from the fishing ...

The illustration shows a cutaway revealing the interior of early Earth with a hot, melted layer above the boundary between the core and mantle. Scientists think some material from the core leaked into ...

Earth’s deep interior still shapes the world above your feet. Water trapped far below the surface helps control how rocks move, melt, and recycle through the mantle. Some of that water carries a ...