The ancient history of Earth has always been hard to read. Most of the planet’s earliest crust has been lost, buried, or melted by geologic processes over billions of years.

A mysterious pulse beneath Africa's surface is reshaping the continent in ways that could change the world. Deep within the ...

Scientists have discovered a rhythmic pulse beneath Africa’s surface.

The Afar junction is the point at which the Arabian, Nubian, and Somalian plates meet, each departing in their own directions to leave a widening gap under the Afar Triangle. Eventually, the crust ...

Earth Earth’s mantle may have hidden plumes venting heat from its core A ‘ghost plume’ identified deep in the mantle beneath Oman suggests there may be more heat flowing out of Earth’s ...

Scientists have uncovered new evidence to suggest that Earth is leaking gases from deep inside its mantle—even in regions without any volcanic activity. Led by researchers at The University of ...

Like many cancers, mantle cell lymphoma can vary in how quickly it develops and its severity. As Szubanski's cancer has been described as "fast-moving" and is already stage 4, it appears that it ...

Tokenization platform Securitize has partnered with decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Mantle to launch an institutional fund designed to earn yield on a diverse basket of cryptocurrencies, the ...

Earth Earth's upper mantle is revealing the deepest effect of human activity As the Aral Sea has been drained by irrigation and dried up, the mass loss on the surface has caused Earth’s upper ...

A diagram showing how Earth's crust and upper mantle (together known as the lithosphere) could be dripping into the mantle due to the Farallon slab. (Image credit: Hua et al. Nature Geoscience (2025)) ...

Compared with crustal magma systems, little is known about the deep sources of volcanic supply chains. Interdisciplinary efforts can help answer key questions about how magma migrates from the mantle.

Scientists have mapped the deep forces at play beneath the Tonga Subduction Zone, exposing how mantle plumes, subducting slabs, and tectonic shifts fuel volcanic activity and plate motion.