Travertine is not only a geological wonder but also a popular building material. Its use dates back to ancient Rome, evident ...
"You need so much water that we think these could be evidence of an ancient warmer and wetter climate where there was rain falling for millions of years." ...
Most of the time, the shape of Earth’s magnetic field is quite similar to that which would be produced by a bar magnet aligned with the planet’s rotation axis. This is what makes a magnetic compass ...
Deep beneath the Earth's surface, in the pores and crevices of rock, live huge communities of microorganisms. They are invisible to the naked eye—yet they play a central role in the quality of our ...
Exploring Earth's deep interior is a far bigger challenge than exploring the solar system. While we have traveled 25 billion km into space, the deepest we have ever gone below our feet is just over 12 ...
A hidden “tear” beneath the continents may have been fueling oceanic volcanoes for millions of years, study reveals.