The Earth with the upper mantle revealed. Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have discovered a previously unknown layer of partly molten rock in a key region just below the tectonic ...

Water gushes through dark, craggy rocks on the shore. A massive water reservoir is hidden deep beneath the ocean floor off the coast of New Zealand — and it may explain why the region experiences slow ...

The phenomenon has been happening for millions of years quietly beneath our feet and could shed new light on how the ...

It’s a tantalizing puzzle, teasing geophysicists by keeping its secrets locked away deep within the Earth’s continuously evolving crust. For decades, scientists have known that the Earth’s continental ...

Porous rock that formed during one of Earth's biggest volcanic eruptions absorbed so much water as it eroded that it created a huge reservoir over the eons, now buried deep in Earth's crust. When you ...