A team of geologists found for the first time evidence linking regions of low seismic velocity and the shape of the Earth’s magnetic field.

Deep inside Earth, two massive hot rock structures have been quietly shaping the planet’s magnetic field for millions of ...

Exploring Earth's deep interior is a far bigger challenge than exploring the solar system. While we have traveled 25 billion ...

Earth’s magnetic field works a bit like a dynamo. It is generated by the movement of molten iron and nickel in the outer core ...

Hidden mega-structures deep inside Earth may have been quietly steering our planet’s magnetic field—and rewriting what we ...

Research led by the University of Liverpool has identified magnetic evidence that two immense, ultra-hot rock structures located at the base of Earth’s mantle, around 2,900 kilometres beneath Africa ...

Each of these books can, in its own way, teach readers how to think about Earth's history, and how to apply lessons from the past to our future.

These hidden blobs show how much remains unknown about our planet's interior, and how ancient rocks can unlock secrets about ...

Exploring Earth's deep interior is a far bigger challenge than exploring the solar system. While we have travelled 25 billion ...

The Mangystau region of western Kazakhstan is where the intrepid traveler can escape the beaten path for a few days.

Mass extinction events throughout Earth’s history are characterized as significant disruptions to life on the planet. There ...

Exploring Earth's deep interior is a far bigger challenge than exploring the solar system. While we have travelled 25 billion km into space, the ...