Large amounts of water stored deep in the Earth

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 21:29

Vast amounts of water could be lying buried deep beneath the Earth`s mantle, a new research suggests.

How continents formed on Earth

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 11:51

Researchers have provided a new insight on how continents formed early in Earth history.

Earth`s mantle affects long-term sea-level rise estimates

Last Updated: Friday, May 24, 2013, 13:57

A Syracuse University researcher has argued that the Earth`s mantle affects long-term sea-level rise estimates.

Cause of congestion in Earth`s mantle revealed

Last Updated: Monday, April 1, 2013, 13:15

Mineralogists of the Universities Jena and Bayreuth have provided explanation to why plate tectonics stagnate in some places.

New technology brings `invisibility cloak` closer to reality

Last Updated: Thursday, March 28, 2013, 12:45

Researchers have developed a thin material to help make things "invisible" within a limited range of light waves.

Earth`s `hum` helps map planet`s interior

Last Updated: Saturday, November 24, 2012, 16:47

The seismic noise of the Earth is helping scientists probe the planet’s deep interior, researchers say.

Extensive water in Mars` mantle hints possibility of sustained life

Last Updated: Friday, June 22, 2012, 12:46

The amount of water in places of the Martian mantle is vastly larger than previous estimates and is similar to that of Earth`s.

Now, get unprecedented glimpse between earth’s crust and mantle

Last Updated: Saturday, March 10, 2012, 19:05

The GOCE Exploitation for Moho Modelling and Applications project - or GEMMA - has generated the first global high-resolution map of the boundary between Earth’s crust and mantle based on data from ESA’s GOCE satellite.

Earth`s mantle survived collision that created Moon

Last Updated: Saturday, February 18, 2012, 16:14

Some portions of the Earth`s mantle were formed when the planet was much smaller than it is now.

India might be sinking into Earth’s mantle

Last Updated: Monday, February 1, 2010, 11:03

A new study based on computer models has suggested that India is sinking into the Earth’s mantle.

Scientists find evidence of hydrocarbons in Earth’s upper mantle

Last Updated: Monday, July 27, 2009, 13:09

In a new research, scientists have found for the first time that ethane and heavier hydrocarbons can be synthesised under the pressure-temperature conditions of the upper mantle of the Earth.