Newly published research has revealed that compositional rock anomalies within oceanic plates caused by ancient tectonics influence the trajectory and speed of the plates as they plunge deep into ...

Newly published research has revealed that compositional rock anomalies within oceanic plates caused by ancient tectonics ...

Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust ...

Scientists have discovered a new phylum of microbes in Earth's Critical Zone, an area of deep soil that restores water ...

Across continents, “sacrifice zones” resemble wounds carved deep into the fabric of our planet. These are regions where ...

Michigan State University scientists have uncovered a new microbe phylum which helps purify groundwater in Earth's deep ...

Geodynamic models say deep mantle flow from the long-subducted Farallon slab is likely behind the massive underground “drips” ...

A new phylum of microbes has been discovered in the Earth’s Critical Zone. Ground water, which becomes drinking water, passes ...

Scattered across an abyssal plain known as the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) are polymetallic nodules that are a potato-sized ...

A fascinating new study reveals that a massive chunk of Earth’s crust, buried deep beneath the Midwest, is slowly pulling ...

Explore how North America is changing as its deep cratonic root thins and pieces are dripping into the Earth's mantle.

Kilometers above the Earth’s surface, the ozone layer protects humanity and all life from the sun’s harmful ultraviolet rays.