Why Is the Ocean Salty?
If you’ve ever tasted ocean water, you know it’s unmistakably salty . But have you ever wondered where all that salt comes f…
Geology
New Rock Type Made From Human Trash Discovered
Industrial Waste Is Becoming Rock in Just Decades, Scientists Find Scientists have identified a novel rock type that has for…
China Launches Vessel to Drill 11km into Earth’s Mantle
China's recently commissioned deep-ocean drilling vessel, Meng Xiang , has begun operations in previously unexplored reg…
Earth's Inner Core is Changing Shape and Rotation
For decades, the Earth's inner core was thought to be a static, solid sphere of iron and nickel, unaltered by time. How…
Scientists Discover Huge 'Islands' Deep in Earth's Mantle
Scientists find two huge 'islands' hidden beneath Earth's surface Deep within Earth’s mantle, more than 2,000 ki…
Oceanic Crust: Definition, Composition, Characteristics
Oceanic crust is the outermost solid layer of the Earth beneath the ocean basins. It is part of Earth's lithosphere and…
Transform Boundaries: Definition & Examples
Transform plate boundaries are one of the three primary types of tectonic plate interactions, alongside divergent and conver…
250-Million-Year-Old Seafloor Found Deep in Earth’s Mantle
Buried hundreds of kilometers beneath our feet lies a startling discovery: an ancient seafloor , preserved for over 250 mill…
Layers of the Earth Diagram
The Earth is structured in several layers , each with unique physical and chemical properties. These layers are divided base…
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