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Giant Blobs of Rock, Deep Inside the Earth, Hold Important Clues About Our Planet

Geology Page - June 26, 2016

The experiment on La Palma: The laser beam (yellow) generates an artificial guide star in the mesosphere. This light is collected in the receiver telescope (front left). The laser source and the receiver telescope are eight meters away from each other. Credit: Copyright Felipe Pedreros Bustos

Earth’s magnetic field measured using artificial stars at 90 kilometers altitude

The mantle beneath Earth's mid-oceanic ridges contains heterogeneous blobs of material

Research reveals the scale at which Earth’s mantle composition varies

Just what sustains Earth’s magnetic field anyway?

Earth taken by the Apollo 8 astronauts on Dec. 22, 1968

Thank the moon for Earth’s lengthening day

‘Super-deep’ diamonds may hold new information about Earth’s interior

Geology Page - March 2, 2017

New evidence for oceans of water deep in the Earth

Geology Page - June 12, 2014

How Did Earth’s Primitive Chemistry Get Kick Started?

Geology Page - July 31, 2013

Earth's crust, mantle and outer core interactions.

New insight into Earth’s crust, mantle and outer core interactions

Geology Page - June 5, 2018

Birthplace for Primitive Life On Earth? Researchers Identify Mud Volcanoes in...

Geology Page - October 30, 2011

Geological game changer: New study shakes up understanding of when continents...

Geology Page - June 11, 2015

Ancient rocks show life could have flourished on Earth 3.2 billion...

Geology Page - February 17, 2015

Diamonds in Earth’s oldest zircons are nothing but laboratory contamination

Geology Page - December 18, 2013

Iron Melt Network Helped Grow Earth’s Core, Study Suggests

Geology Page - October 8, 2013

Drawn from the Deep: Earth’s Primordial Reservoir Older Than the Moon

Geology Page - February 7, 2017

Measuring our changing Earth

Geology Page - November 30, 2014

The island of Daphne to the north of Santa Cruz

Mineral discoveries in the Galapagos Islands pose a puzzle as to...

Geology Page - October 21, 2018

Study of Earth’s crust tells of first plate tectonics and life...

Geology Page - February 2, 2014

Scientists Call for National Effort to Understand and Harness Earth’s Microbes

Geology Page - October 31, 2015

Snowball Earth

Was the Earth ever frozen solid?

Geology Page - May 7, 2018

Scientists discover why rocks flow slowly in Earth’s middle mantle

Geology Page - June 5, 2017

Diamonds with garnet inclusions can form at depths down to 550 kilometres below the surface. Credit

Oxidized iron deep within Earth’s interior

Geology Page - January 25, 2018

A perfect storm of fire and ice may have led to...

Geology Page - March 14, 2017

Earth's mantle (dark red) lies below the crust (brown layer near the surface) and above the outer core (bright red).

The solid Earth breathes

Geology Page - March 26, 2019

Current pace of environmental change is unprecedented in Earth’s history

Geology Page - January 6, 2016

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