The researchers theorize that these far-off remnants could either be deposits of silica-rich material that have hung around ...

A new high-resolution computer model shows rocks that are colder, or have a different composition, in Earth's mantle where ...

A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck Tibet today, January 7, 2025, caused by the collision of the Indian and Eurasian ...

"We don't know exactly what they are or what material is creating the patterns we have uncovered," researcher Thomas Schouten said.

Geologists from ETH Zurich and the California Institute of Technology studying the Earth's interior using seismic waves have ...

Using high-resolution models to study the Earth's mantle, scientists have identified zones of rocks in the lower mantle layer that are colder, or ...

Geophysicists at ETH Zurich are using models of the lower mantle to identify areas where earthquake waves behave differently ...

Adhering to already existing building codes, not only in the Himalayas but in the surrounding Indo-Gangetic plains, can go a long way in limiting the inevitable damage.

New research on the Denali Fault reveals three geologic sites were once united in a suture zone, marking the integration of ...

Continents and oceans have scientific definitions that underpin international law. The idea of dividing the world into ...