Monitoring the Earth’s surface and interior also helps societies understand and respond to natural hazards. Terra has more than a decade of observations showing how earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, ...

Many people imagine Earth’s interior mantle as separate layers stacked on top of each other, like a layered cake, with each layer representing a plate. In reality, those internal zones are complex and ...

Many geologists attribute the great variation in the temperature gradient to complex irregularities in the structure of the earth's crust. Some even maintain that the interior of the earth is cold ...

Credit: Argonne National Laboratory / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Scientists have identified mysterious formations deep in Earth’s mantle, raising new questions about the planet’s interior. These strange shapes, ...

Geoscientists conducted ... Earth Scientists Study Sikkim Flood in India to Help Others Prepare for Similar Disasters Jan. 30, 2025 — Experts from the global Earth science community have pieced ...

Researchers are only beginning to piece together the story. In a discovery that could reshape our understanding of Earth’s interior, scientists have identified enigmatic structures deep within the ...

Potential patches of Earth's ancient crust, sometimes called "sunken worlds," may have just been discovered deep within the mantle, thanks to a new way of mapping the inside of our planet.

Seismologists study Earth's deep interior by investigating how much these tones are "out of tune," because whole Earth oscillations will sound out of tune or less loud when they encounter anomalies.

Deep below Earth's surface lie two gigantic structures with mysterious origins. Now, seismologists have found new clues about their composition that could upend our understanding of the whole planet's ...

Volcanoes and earthquakes are both natural phenomena driven by the dynamic processes that shape Earth’s interior and surface. The outermost layer of Earth, the lithosphere, is composed of solid ...

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