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Earth's Mantle Deep Beneath the North Island Volcano Zone Is Melting

Lake Taupo and Tongariro National Park, North Island Volcanoes erupt when magma rises through cracks in the Earth’s cr…

New Form of Carbon That's Hard as a Rock, Yet Elastic, Like Rubber

Visualization of ultrastrong, hard and elastic compressed glassy carbon. A team including several Carnegie scientis…

Geologic History of North America Gets Overturned

Under the west coast of North America, seafloor from the Pacific Basin sinks back into the earth's mantle. The subduc…

What Is the Temperature of the Earth's Crust?

The layers of the Earth, a differentiated planetary body. Credit: Wikipedia Commons/Surachit As you may recall learnin…

New Insights Into the Relationship Between Erosion and Tectonics in the Himalayas

Through its unique topography and relationship with the Asian monsoons, the Himalayan system constitute the largest erosi…

Scientists Develop New Method of Crystal Production

An ideal example how light interacts with the small structures of colloidal particles—the Opal. Credit: Yagan Kiely Be…

Himalayan Migration Northward Found to Be Result of Tectonic Lift

Himalayan migration northward found to be result of tectonic lift A trio of researchers has found evidence to suggest …

World's oldest example of cancer found in 1.7 million-year-old fossil

Read more:Prehistoric cancer: the toe bone should have been hollow CREDIT: UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE World's…

Earth's Mantle Appears to Have a Driving Role in Plate Tectonics

Earth's mantle appears to have a driving role in plate tectonics Deep down below us is a tug of war moving at less…

Bridgmanite Sample Found to Remain Stable at Lower Mantle Conditions

Schematic picture of the Earth's interior. On the right side is the example of the part of the two-dimensional wide s…