Scientists uncover hidden land under Iceland, questioning our understanding of Earth's continents and tectonic plates.

How's your knowledge of Earth's geology? Flat, round or global?

Deep within Earth, there lies a mysterious layer called the D" layer. Located roughly 3,000 kilometers down, this zone sits just above the boundary between the planet's molten outer core and its ...

A new way of measuring structures deep inside Earth has highlighted numerous previously unknown blobs within our planet's ...

This layer of the atmosphere is notoriously difficult to study, but new research sheds light on its mysterious processes.

Scientists have always been curious about the atmosphere surrounding us, but in the past, they could not just hop on a spaceship to see what was up there. Instead, scientists hiked up high ...

The Earth's mantle isn't just a hot, dense layer of rock; it's a dynamic and diverse engine driving our planet's geology.

This article was originally published with the title “ The Plastic Layer of the Earth's Mantle ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 207 No. 1 (July 1962), p. 52 doi:10.1038 ...