A ‘ghost plume’ identified deep in the mantle beneath Oman suggests there may be more heat flowing out of Earth’s core than previously thought ...

Due to the radiative thermal conductivity of the mineral olivine, only oceanic plates over 60 million years old and ...

New research reveals that only the oldest and fastest-sinking oceanic plates can transport water deep into Earth’s mantle, ...

Tungsten (W), a hard, heat-resistant, and corrosion-resistant metal, is indispensable to modern high-tech industries—from ...

Conductive heat flow depends on temperature gradients and thermal conductivity, which are both very challenging to determine for the deep mantle 14,18 and core 19.It has been proposed that ...

Mantle plumes are important geologic processes—they interact with plate tectonics, create rich mineral deposits, and even ...

“This temperature gradient tells us the amount of heat flowing out of the core into the base of the mantle in that location.” As heat flows from the outer core into the mantle, it drives important ...

A mantle plume producing almost as much heat as Yellowstone supervolcano appears to be melting part of West Antarctica from beneath. Researchers at NASA have discovered a huge upwelling of hot ...

Greenland ice is melting -- even from below: Heat flow from the mantle contributes to the ice melt. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2013 / 08 ...

Geoscientists have made an unprecedented achievement on their 60-year quest to know more about Earth's mysterious depths. Pieces of Earth’s rocky mantle were collected by a drilling vessel ...

SANTA CRUZ, CA–For the first time, scientists have directly measured the amount of heat flowing from the molten metal of Earth’s core into a region at the base of the mantle, a process … ...