Earth's mantle, the large zone of slow-flowing rock that lies between the crust and the planet's core, powers every earthquake and volcanic eruption on the planet's surface. Evidence suggests that the mantle behaves differently ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 10, 2015
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New insights into the convection patterns of the Earth's mantle and its chemical makeup have been revealed by a researcher from the University of Leicester.
Earth Sciences
May 12, 2017
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In science, the simplest questions often prove themselves the most difficult to answer. Questions such as what killed the dinosaurs, or how many fish are there in the oceans took decades to solve or remain unanswered.
Earth Sciences
Dec 14, 2015
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Magma forms far deeper than geologists previously thought, according to new research at Rice University.
Earth Sciences
Jan 9, 2013
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New research by Brown University geochemists provides new insights on the scale at which Earth's mantle varies in chemical composition. The findings could help scientists better understand the mixing process of mantle convection, ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 23, 2017
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Researchers propose an ammonia-water slurry as the basis for Pluto's newly discovered geologic activity and possible volcanism, and offer a new method to predict planetary vigor.
Space Exploration
Nov 9, 2015
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Earth today is one of the most active planets in the Solar System, and was probably even more so during the early stages of its life. Thanks to the plate tectonics that continue to shape our planet's surface, remnants of ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 2, 2010
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Magma forms far deeper than geologists previously thought, according to new research results.
Earth Sciences
Jan 24, 2013
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Writing in PNAS, scientists from Cologne university present important new constraints showing that plate tectonics started relatively slow, although the early Earth's interior was much hotter than today.
Earth Sciences
Dec 22, 2020
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Plate tectonics has shaped the Earth's surface for billions of years: Continents and oceanic crust have pushed and pulled on each other, continually rearranging the planet's façade. As two massive plates collide, one can ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 22, 2017
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