New research detects pre-eruption warning signals at Whakaari White Island and other active volcanoes
Scientifically and emotively, we think every volcano has its own “personality”. However, volcanoes share behaviour traits — and …
Churn under sea: Can increase in seafloor spreading speed up global warming
Seafloor spreading, caused by an upwelling of magma, has led to episodes of global warming in the geologic past; the spread rate has slowed down …
Ancient drop of seawater shows Earth’s tectonic activity began 3.3 bn years ago
Plate tectonics is the constant recycle process of the Earth, without which the planet would look like Mars. It was previously assumed to have …
Inbuilt storage
Earth's mantle could be holding three times the water found in oceans