Ancient oceans with phosphorus-rich waters may have supported some of Earth’s earliest microbial life, according to a new ...

The vertical movement of the mantle is one of the driving forces that brings about large-scale geological changes to the ...

Researchers mapped a pulsing mantle plume under Afar that channels molten rock upward, stretching Africa’s crust until it ...

A recent study led by NASA has revealed a surprising connection between Earth’s magnetic field and the oxygen levels that sustain life. According to the new research, the ebb and flow of Earth’s ...

The mystery of two "super-continent"-sized structures buried deep in the Earth's mantle has produced a new twist after scientists got a closer look at their composition, suggesting they might be ...

Scientists say that the current direction of the pole’s movement is caused by a “blip in the pattern” of the flow inside of the Earth’s interior. This blip, they believe, occurred ...

A vast, ancient slab of seafloor plunged underneath the Pacific Ocean and has hovered in Earth’s mantle for more than 120 million years, a new study suggests ...

Motion deep in the Earth called a mantle wave can lift up the toughest parts of our planet. In 2005, I was navigating winding roads through the Drakensberg Mountains, in Lesotho, Southern Africa.

This summer, twelve undergraduate students joined the Carnegie Science community as part of the NSF-funded Earth and Planetary Science Interdisciplinary Internship at Carnegie Science (EPIIC) program.