A team of geologists and mineral physicists at Harvard University, the University of California, Argonne National Laboratory ...

Earth’s innermost layer is a hot, solid ball of metal surrounded by a liquid metal outer core. For decades, planetary scientists suspected that the solid inner core deformed over time as it spun.

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Whether convection in the Earth's mantle extends through its entire depth or if the mantle is layered has long been debated. Recent research suggests that spatially and temporally intermittent or ...

Feb. 10, 2025 — Earth's inner core is undergoing structural transformation. Located 3,000 miles below the Earth's surface, the inner core is anchored by gravity within the molten liquid outer core.

Earth’s solid inner core appears to have changed ... or by interactions between the inner core and structures in the lower mantle, the layer between our planet’s core and its crust.

The findings could impact how we understand the composition of the land we walk on, together with our understanding of volcanic activity and earthquake risk ...

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Russia has several layers of government and all the debt accumulated at each level is counted as “public debt”. However, only the debt of Russia’s federal government qualifies as the country’s ...

Earth and environmental sciences cover all aspects of Earth and planetary sciences, and broadly encompasses solid Earth processes, surface and atmospheric dynamics, Earth system history, climate ...