Earth is often imagined as a stable world, ancient, solid, and mostly unchanging beneath the surface. In reality, the planet ...

That would have enabled more of this organic carbon—and carbonate accumulating in shallow water around Columbia—to be ...

Scientists discovered a mysterious reversal in Earth’s molten core flow beneath the Pacific using satellite data from space.

The evolution of our Earth is the story of its cooling: 4.5 billion years ago, extreme temperatures prevailed on the surface of the young Earth, and it was covered by a deep ocean of magma. Over ...

A colossal earthquake shook the earth under the Indian Ocean on the morning of Dec. 26, triggering a tsunami that ravaged a dozen countries and killed more than 150,000 people. It was one of the worst ...

TEMPE, Ariz. — Seismologists in recent years have recast their understanding of the inner workings of Earth from a relatively benign homogeneous environment to one that is highly dynamic and ...

Brightly colored illustration showing Earth cut in half to reveal distinct interior layers. The nature of Earth's interior has long fascinated scientists. Credit: Johan Swanepoel/Science Source ...

"The large-scale flow reversal beneath the Pacific raises new questions about the behavior of Earth's deep interior," ...

Laboratory of Seismology and Physics of Earth's Interior, USTC has the following research output in the current window (1 February 2025 - 31 January 2026) of the Nature Index. Click on Count to view a ...