Recent findings suggest that Earth’s mantle might harbor hidden plumes venting heat from the planet’s core, a discovery that ...

A ‘ghost plume’ identified deep in the mantle beneath Oman suggests there may be more heat flowing out of Earth’s core than ...

The emotions of youth become less all-important and less demanding of our attention. Young people feel that every perceived slight needs ...

We found big chunks of the impactor Theia.” With those five words to The New York Times, Caltech geophysicist Qian Yuan ...

As the years go by, the chances of Europa hosting life seem to keep going down. But it's not out of contention yet.

Volcanic regions like Etna are known to be rich in various minerals and elements. Mount Erebus, one of the world’s most ...

An analysis of Hawaii’s volcanic rocks revealed Earth’s core is leaking gold and other precious metals, a study found.

Scientists say 4 billion people, about half the world’s population, experienced at least one extra month of extreme heat because of human-caused climate change from May 2024 to May 2025.

PHOENIX — Arizona heat is here, and it is only going to get hotter this summer. Our hot weather also helps ozone pollution to worsen. Ozone is formed through a chemical reaction that is ...

Initially, some suspected the uplift was caused by a plume of hot rock in the mantle, Earth's middle layer, that sits beneath the country. A mantle plume forms when hot material from deep in the ...

Human-caused global warming will continue to bake the Earth over the next several years ... least one of the next five years will see record heat, with a high likelihood that average warming ...