An earthquake in Alaska causing seismic waves to penetrate the Earth's innermost inner core. Credit: Drew Whitehouse, Son Phạm and Hrvoje Tkalčic. Data captured from seismic waves caused by ...
Deep beneath our feet, far beyond the reach of any drill, new research suggests that Earth’s center is far more intricate ...
Earth’s inner core has long challenged researchers because seismic waves do not move through it uniformly. Compressional ...
There may be hidden layers to Earth’s core dictated by chemical composition. In A Nutshell Lab experiments suggest Earth’s ...
While most of us take the ground beneath our feet for granted, written within its complex layers, like the pages of a book, is Earth's history. Our history. Research shows there are little-known ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Sep 12, 2024, 08:51am EDT Sep 12, 2024, 01:19pm EDT Diagram of ...
BUTTE, Mont. — Envision this scenario: You are going about your day. All is calm and quiet until suddenly, the ground beneath your feet begins to shake, and items within your home or workspace begin ...
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 ...
Most of the recorded glacial earthquakes were discovered along the coast of Greenland, the largest ice cap in the Northern ...
More than 25 million cubic yards of rock and ice broke loose and plunged into Greenland's Dickson Fjord, creating a ...