A layer of rock just 520 million years old sat directly on top of ancient rock dating back 1.4 to 1.8 billion years.

The Earth’s crust is disappearing right beneath our feet – and most people don’t even realise it. Now, if you’re a geologist, or got a keen interest in how the Earth is put together, then this ...

In 1987, a worker lit a cigarette by a new water well near the village of Bourakebougou in Mali. But as he did, an explosion reverberated inside the well. We now know this was due to previously ...

The paper suggests that solar flares disrupt Earth's magnetic field, which, in turn, causes changes in the upper atmosphere. These purportedly filter down to the forces affecting Earth's crust. It ...

When the supercontinent Pangea began to fragment around 200 million years ago during the Early Jurassic, it reshaped the face of the planet. Vast new oceans opened, continents drifted apart and the ...

Scientists have proposed a surprising connection between solar flares and earthquakes. When solar activity disturbs the ...

New study reveals that the Earth's mantle was not as hot when Pangaea began to break apart millions of years ago.

Precious metals may be escaping from the planet’s core. This hotly debated subject could help us understand Earth’s evolution and determine whether life exists elsewhere in the Universe ...

Scientists discovered plate anomalies in Earth's mantle using seismic wave analysis. These mysterious structures challenge ...

Deep inside the mantle of Earth, Stanford scientists have recorded quakes which are physically not explainable.

Scientists at Stanford have unveiled the first-ever global map of rare earthquakes that rumble deep within Earth’s mantle rather than its crust. Long debated and notoriously difficult to confirm, ...