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

Unveiling extraordinary discoveries beneath the Earth's surface: scientists challenge conventional theories with new findings ...

Using high-resolution models and the Piz Daint supercomputer, researchers identified anomalies beneath oceans and continental ...

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

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

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

Access to fossil fuels drove the definition of nations’ sovereignty over submarine continental extensions. Now we need an ...

Hands up those who think they know their geography! Well, even those who like to think they know the difference between the ...

Instead, the shell (which we call the crust) is split into several rigid plates. These are the tectonic plates. Tectonic plates are also not fixed — they move around atop the mantle and are ...

A team from UNIGE is transforming our understanding of gold transport and ore deposit formation by investigating sulfur in ...

This KS2 download contains a detailed medium-term plan about tectonic plates plus all the resources you need to teach it. When we think of natural disasters, we think of bright orange eruptions of ...

This week GNS released a high resolution update to the national Active Faults Database, detailing where the active faults are across the motu to support planning and engineering.