Lavas from hotspots - -whether erupting in Hawaii, Samoa or Iceland -- likely originate from a worldwide, uniform reservoir in Earth's mantle, according to an evaluation of volcanic hotspots.

It feels like there have been staggering science stories emerging every other day recently, all of which have blown our tiny ...

Sedimentary rocks deposited in deepwater ... Atmospheric influences of Earth’s earliest sulfur cycle. Science 289, 756–758 (2000). Goldblatt, C. & Zahnle, K. J. Clouds and the faint young ...

In September 2023, a bizarre wave of concentrated seismic upheaval reverberated across the planet for nine days. The quake ...

Earth is one big spinning mystery in a constant state of change. With more than 4.5 billion years of history locked inside a ball of molten rock and iron, our planet is made up of a vast array of ...

For the first time, an international team of scientists recovered a long section of rocks that originated in the Earth’s mantle ... August 8 in the journal Science. The rocks reveal a more ...

Using a rod-like electrode with a diameter of 2 centimeters could create a tube of rock up to 80 centimeters across. Calcium carbonate and magnesium hydroxide were the most common minerals.

The Department of Environmental, Earth and Atmospheric ... and potential movement of rocks along the west coast in North America. Read more about Ericka on the UMass Lowell Research blog. New B.A. in ...

Physicists Create Heaviest Antimatter Nucleus Yet Antimatter is one of science's great mysteries ... Time Capsule' Rocks Provide Clues About Earth's Mantle If you're looking to really learn ...

These rocks record a time when Earth was covered in ice Professor Graham Shields, senior author According to the new study, one section of exposed rock, found on Scottish islands called the ...

It’s a stunning find because until now granite on the moon was found only in traces within lunar rock brought back to the Earth on the ... with the Planetary Science Institute and Southern ...