Several observed properties of Earth's solid inner core and liquid outer core remain enigmatic, including an east–west seismic asymmetry and the presence of a roughly 250-kilometre-thick layer ...

Puzzling Heat from Deep Inside the Earth Is Melting Greenland's Glaciers Published Jan 22, 2018 at 1:07 PM EST Researchers sample the Young Sound, where sea ice acts as a lid on top of the fjord.

However, occasionally very rare events like a massive asteroid impact can cause the rocks of the Earth's crust to melt and even cause volcanoes and magma bodies to form that may have lasted over ...

The Earth's mantle transition zone contains water locked up in minerals — enough to rival the oceans on the surface of the planet.

Deep carbon cycling at subduction zones affects the long-term habitability of Earth's surface by regulating atmospheric CO2 concentrations. How the carbon is transferred from the slab to the ...

Climate change-induced melting polar ice caps slow Earth's rotation, affecting technology reliant on precise timekeeping. Scientists found that in the last two decades, the rate of earth’s ...