EARTH

A billion-year history of Earth’s interior shows it’s more mobile than we thought

Deep in the Earth beneath us lie two blobs the size of continents. One is under Africa, the other under the Pacific Ocean. The blobs...

How carbonates behave in the Earth’s interior

Carbonates are the most important carbon reservoirs on the planet. But what role do they play in the Earth’s interior? How do they react...

Traces of life in the Earth’s deep mantle

The rapid development of fauna 540 million years ago has permanently changed the Earth — deep into its lower mantle. A team led by...

Ancient helium leaking from core offers clues of Earth’s formation

Helium-3, a rare isotope of helium gas, is leaking out of Earth's core, a new study reports. Because almost all helium-3 is from the...

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