A section of the upper mantle and crust under the Sierra Nevada mountains is peeling away, in a process that may mimic how the continents were formed.

A new study in Nature Geoscience reveals insights about the Earth’s core. While we often learn about the inner and outer ...

As the process continued, the descending oceanic plate functions like an anchor, dragging down the Earth's crust and forming a vast depression that has accumulated millions of years' worth of ...

Research on hidden structures deep within Earth’s mantle challenges theories about our planet’s middle layer and could ...

Recent research has uncovered evidence suggesting that Earth’s crust may be peeling away ... Similar processes may be occurring under other mountain ranges and continents around the world.

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Beryllium-10 is a radioactive isotope that is continuously produced by cosmic rays interacting with Earth's atmosphere. When ...

A new study out this week said that the Earth's inner core is less solid than previously thought. Scientists still have ...

In this week's science news we've seen Earth's crust peeling away under the Sierra Nevada mountains, mimicking the process ...

The ocean plate was once the seafloor of Neotethys — an ocean that formed when the supercontinent Pangaea broke up into a ...

Scientists found that the inner core’s structure changes as it rotates. It deforms at its border, potentially accumulating ...