Four deep-sea technologies that could help detect deadly earthquakes and tsunamis
The bottom of the ocean has been mapped in much less detail than has the surface of Mars.Credit:…
In a first, scientists observe the formation of the oceanic crust
Researchers at the French National Center of Scientific Research have become the first to observe the formation of…
Ocean floor witnessed splitting apart for the first time — releasing lava
When tectonic plates move away from each other, lava can spill out onto the sea floor along mid-oceanic…
NASA Satellite Captures First-Ever High-Res View of Massive Pacific Tsunami
A powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula sent a tsunami racing across the Pacific—and for the…
Why Most Alien Worlds May Be Too Dry for Life
This image of Venus taken by NASA’s Mariner 10 spacecraft (left) is paired with an artist’s depiction of…
Scientists Say a Hidden Structure May Exist Inside Earth’s Core
Scientists have found evidence that Earth’s inner core may contain a previously unknown layer, suggesting the planet’s center…
Earth’s oldest crystals suggest an early start for plate tectonics
A scientifically faithful impression of Earth during the Hadean eon.Credit: Southwest Research Institute/Simone Marchi Ancient rock crystals from…
Global subsidence of river deltas
Selection of global river deltas We selected 40 deltas globally, prioritizing 35 deltaic systems with the greatest exposed…
Spin transition in magnesiowüstite and ultralow thermal conduction in ultralow velocity zones
Thermal conductivity of Fp25 and Fp75 at high pressure and room temperature We used ultrafast time-domain thermoreflectance (TDTR)…
Building wet planets through high-pressure magma–hydrogen reactions
Fulton, B. J. et al. The California-Kepler survey. III. A gap in the radius distribution of small planets.…
Scientists Discover the Hidden Ingredient That Helped Form Earth’s Inner Core
Cartoon of the Earth with cutaway showing the mantle and inner and outer core. Magnetic field lines produced…
Volcanic crisis reveals coupled magma system at Santorini and Kolumbo
Preine, J. et al. Hazardous explosive eruptions of a recharging multi-cyclic island arc caldera. Nat. Geosci. 17, 323–331…