On present-day Earth, plate subduction continuously modifies the chemical composition of the convecting mantle, and various mantle sources linked to these processes have been widely studied. However, ...

A new study from a University of Chicago scientist suggests there may be a layer of surprisingly fluid rock ringing the Earth, at the very bottom of the upper mantle. The finding was made by measuring ...

Andrew McCaig receives funding from NERC (Natural Environment Research Council) If you were to slice through it, you would see the Earth is divided into distinct layers. On top is the relatively thin ...

Lava that erupts from hotspots around the world seems to come from a similar ancestral magma, new research finds. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here ...

A research team Led by Professor WU Zhongqing from the School of Earth and Space Sciences at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences（CAS）, in ...