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Earth’s mantle

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Two huge, continental-sized islands discovered in Earth’s mantle

Amit Malewar

Earth’s mantle reveals hidden treasures.

Earth's lower mantle
Earth

Are there lost worlds in earth’s interior?

Amit Malewar

This indicates the presence of zones of rocks that are colder.

Earth

Evidence of an ancient seafloor that sank deep into Earth

Pranjal Malewar

Ancient sunken seafloor reveals earth’s deep secrets.

earth core and section layers
Earth

Mysterious doughnut-like structure found deep within Earth’s core

Amit Malewar

Deepens understanding of planet's magnetic field.

3d earth planet shape
Earth

Unveiling Earth’s past through 2.5 billion-year-old Pacific rock samples

Pranjal Malewar

Pacific rock samples offer a glimpse of an active Earth 2.5 billion years ago.

world open... showing lava and stuff.
Earth

Scientists found a distinct, thin layer above Earth’s core

Pranjal Malewar

Earth's surface water dives deep, transforming core's outer layer.

The large low velocity provinces (LLVPs) in the deep Earth mantle may be relics of Theian mantle materials. (Photo credit: DENG Hongping and Hangzhou Sphere Studio)
Earth

New study reveals massive anomaly in Earth’s interior from moon-forming collision

Pranjal Malewar

Heterogeneity of earth's mantle may be relics of moon formation.

large collision on the early Earth
Earth

New research offers a theory on how gold and other precious metals found their way to Earth’s mantle

Pranjal Malewar

The dazzling- and fortunate- story of gold.

oceanic plate
Earth

A geologist unexpectedly finds remnants of a lost mega-plate

Pranjal Malewar

Plate tectonic surprise!

Explosive lava spews from the latest eruption
Earth

Gaseous carbon dioxide can trigger explosive eruptions

Pranjal Malewar

The research offers a clearer picture of our planet’s deep internal dynamics and composition.

Earth formation
Earth

Earth formed from dry, rocky building blocks, study

Pranjal Malewar

Our planet's water must have arrived late in the history of Earth's formation.

Image showing mountains.
Environment

Researchers are exploring how mountains are built

Vidya Nagalwade

Why mountains form are deeper than previously thought?

An illustration of Earth as it existed during part of its formation billions of years ago
Science

How fast did the ancient magma ocean solidify?

Amit Malewar

This study helps us answer some fundamental questions about the planet.

Earth's outer core
Science

There could be rising silicon-rich snow in the Earth’s outer core

Amit Malewar

The silicon-rich snow can develop into greater depths with further secular cooling of Earth.

Earth with the upper mantle
Science

A molten rock layer discovered hidden under Earth’s tectonic plates

Amit Malewar

The study might help settle a long-standing debate about how tectonic plates move.

Boudinage in brecciated dolostone rocks
Science

A new model reveals the surprising behavior of minerals deep in the planet’s interior

Pranjal Malewar

The processes are actually happening in a manner completely opposite to what had been previously theorized.

The force that protects our planet
Space

The scary sound of Earth’s magnetic field

Pranjal Malewar

It might sound like the stuff of nightmares.

iron-carbon alloy
Science

Potential ‘diamond factory’ may have existed at the core-mantle boundary for billions of years

Pranjal Malewar

Diamonds and rust at the Earth's core-mantle boundary.

Image showing plate tectonic warp
Science

The terrestrial mantle still contains remnants of Earth’s initial crust’s origins

Pranjal Malewar

Sampling the deep graveyard of Earth’s earliest crust.

Interior earth mineral
Science

First-ever interior earth mineral discovered on Earth’s surface

Amit Malewar

New mineral from Earth’s lower mantle surfaced as diamond inclusion.

Sample from high-pressure experiment
Science

Hydrogen can bond strongly with iron in extreme conditions

Pranjal Malewar

There may be up to 70 times more hydrogen in Earth's core than in the oceans.

Remnants of the impact that formed the Moon may be buried deep within the Earth
Science

Remnants of the impact that formed the Moon may be buried deep within the Earth

Amit Malewar

They can be found in two continent-size layers of rock buried deep in Earth’s mantle.

New basalt type discovered beneath the Pacific ocean
Science

New basalt type discovered beneath the Pacific ocean

Amit Malewar

The discovery suggests that ocean floor eruptions sourced in the Earth’s mantle were even hotter and more voluminous than previously thought.

Study reveals information on an important period in Earth’s formation
Science

Study reveals information on an important period in Earth’s formation

Pranjal Malewar

Traces of Earth’s early magma ocean identified in Greenland rocks.

Ancient Earth may have given birth to islands of life
Science

Ancient Earth may have given birth to islands of life

Amit Malewar

Islands jutting up from the world’s oceans provided environmental conditions necessary for early life to flourish.

When did earth's plate subduction begin?
Science

When did earth’s plate subduction begin?

Amit Malewar

Several billion-year-old rocks tell the story of the planet’s transition from alien landscape to one of continents, oceans, and ultimately life.

Scientists discovered high-pressure mineral in lunar meteorite
Science

Scientists discovered high-pressure mineral in lunar meteorite

Amit Malewar

It was discovered within the lunar meteorite Oued Awlitis 001 found in 2014 in the Western Sahara.

Exploring the origin of chemically distinct 'scars' of mantle
Science

Exploring the origin of chemically distinct ‘scars’ of mantle

Amit Malewar

The composition of Earth’s mantle was more shaped by interactions with the oceanic crust than previously thought.

A computer simulation of the Earth’s magnetic field, which is generated by heat transfer in the Earth’s core
Science

The age of the Earth’s inner core revised

Amit Malewar

It wasn’t an easy feat.

There are two faces of the earth: study
Science

There are two faces of the earth: study

Amit Malewar

Earth's mantle is currently classified into two main domains, African and Pacific. However, little is known about their formation and history, and they are...

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