In this diagram, the red lines represent the edges of the tectonic plates that make up the Earth's crust. For example, iron is mined from the Earth's crust in quarries. It is a finite resource ...

Surprising differences in the two so-called Large Low-Velocity Provinces may risk instability in Earth's protective magnetic field.

In the Earth (see image below right), the liquid metal that makes up the outer core passes through a magnetic field, which causes an electric current to flow within the liquid metal. The electric ...

These changes in shape could be due to various internal processes within the core, including convective flow in the outer core or the movement of high-density materials beneath the Earth’s surface.

They found that their setup could be used to develop new theories to describe flow motion inside the Earth more accurately than has been done in the past. More information: Alban Pothérat et al ...

Lava flows are masses of magma that pour onto the Earth's surface during an eruption ... of its particularly fast-moving lava, which can flow more than 60 miles per hour. During the 2002 eruption ...

(b) Schematic diagram of the upper mantle structure beneath the Tonga-Lau-Fiji region. A landmark study published in Geoscience—a leading Chinese journal at the forefront of earth science ...