Earth’s mantle

Sampling the deep graveyard of Earth’s earliest crust.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It wasn’t an easy feat.

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...