What’s in a word? Well, if it’s the word dirt or soil, it turns out, it’s a lot. While most people, myself included, often ...

Scientists now know how to drill deep enough to tap into an energy supply that would power the world for more than 20 million ...

Scientists Crack Mystery Behind Large Slabs of the Earth's Crust That Went 'Missing' From Geological Records The Earth is no ...

It’s not much of a stretch to say that Earth’s inner structure, especially the innermost spherical core, has stupefied ...

SMU research reveals glaciers erode mountains faster than previously thought, with implications for climate change models and ...

Planet Earth is made up of three different layers, which are the crust, the mantle and the core. The crust is the outside layer of the planet and it's made of solid rock - there are two types of ...

The Earth is made up of different layers. The outermost is the crust, which is where we humans stand. The next layer is the mantle, which makes up most of Earth's volume and is composed of dense ...

It’s here that Barbara Sherwood Lollar, a hydrogeologist at the University of Toronto, journeys into the planet’s crust to hunt for signs of life. “You get into a small truck or vehicle and go down a ...

"That makes sense, since heat and water mostly affect the upper layers of the Earth's crust," said Junqueira Saldanha. The findings suggest the transfer of solar heat to the surface of the Earth ...