Tag: Geology

Earth's unique feature of having rigid tectonic plates that shift and collide has long fascinated scientists. However, the exact origins of plate tectonics remain a mystery. Geologists have debated when this process first began,...

Earth's mantle has been split by the Pacific Ring of Fire, revealing ancient clues about the formation and breakup of the supercontinent Pangaea, according to a recent study. The African domain, which covers most...

Alfred Wegener, a name not often heard, but a man whose ideas changed the way we see the world. In a time when science was still trying to grasp the concept of continental drift,...

Lava from different parts of the world may actually come from the same source deep within the Earth's mantle, according to a new study. This challenges previous beliefs that the mantle was a mix...

Researchers have successfully drilled the deepest-ever sample of rocks from Earth's mantle, reaching a depth of 0.7 miles (1.2 kilometers) in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. This location is known for its abundance of hydrothermal vents,...

Scientists recently embarked on an expedition to the Mid-Atlantic ocean ridge where they made a groundbreaking discovery. They were able to extract nearly a mile of rocks from an area known as the "Lost...