The observed direction of polar motion, shown as a light blue line, compared with the sum (pink line) of the influence of Greenland ice loss (blue), postglacial rebound (yellow) and deep mantle convection (red). The contribution of mantle convection is highly uncertain.

Scientists identify three causes of Earth’s spin axis drift

The diamond anvil in which samples of magnesiowüstite

Experiments using Diamond Anvils Yield New Insight into the Deep Earth

The Mid-Atlantic Resource Imaging Experiment (MATRIX) collected reflection seismic data along more than 2000 km of trackline shown in yellow.

Seismic research cruise provides new data on US Atlantic margin gas...

Mesosaurus

Oldest known aquatic reptiles probably spent time on land

Palouse Falls State Park in Washington

From crystals to climate: ‘Gold standard’ timeline links flood basalts to...

Vavilov Ice Cap in the Russian High Arctic

Unprecedented ice loss in Russian ice cap

Radium from within rock leaches from clay minerals that transfer highly radioactive radium-228 and an organic phase that serves as the source of radium-226.

How slick water and black shale in fracking combine to produce...

A cartoon showing how anomalous earthquakes near the San Andreas and San Jacinto faults in southern California work in regions deep below the Earth's surface.

Geoscientists find unexpected ‘deep creep’ near San Andreas, San Jacinto faults

The fossilized trees contain information about a drastic climate change 12,000 years before present.

Searching for clues on extreme climate change

Ediacara biota

Earth’s oldest animals formed complex ecological communities

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