Earth’s inner core has both changed its relative rotation rate and deformed in the past few decades, according to an analysis of seismic waves recorded when the inner core occupied the same relative ...

When you look at a map, you can hazard a pretty good guess at where the North and South Poles are. However, because of the fluidity at the Earth’s core, our planet’s magnetic field is not stable, ...

A new study in National Science Review have experimentally uncovered a suprising new state of matter within Earth's inner ...

While most of us take the ground beneath our feet for granted, written within its complex layers, like the pages of a book, is Earth's history. Our history. Research shows there are little-known ...

Wildfires, flooding events, or droughts: a new Artificial Intelligence (AI) project at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) promises to be a game-changer in providing more precise, faster, and ...

Two enormous, supercontinent-sized 'islands' buried deep within the mantle have been revealed to have fundamental differences—contrary to previous assumptions—and they may even lead to Earth's ...

Southwest Research Institute’s Dr. Simone Marchi collaborated on a new study finding the first geophysically plausible scenario to explain the abundance of certain precious metals — including gold and ...

The updated version of the World Magnetic Model was released on Dec. 17, with a new prediction of how the magnetic north pole will shift over the next five years. Here's why it was changed. When you ...

The solid inner core at the center of the Earth, surrounded by the outer core, mantle and crust. Here’s why: While it is well known that a material must be at or below its freezing temperature to be ...