Now, people are only just realising that there’s a massive ocean hidden under the Earth’s crust. It turns out there’s a huge supply of water 400 miles underground stored in rock known as ...

Deep beneath the red soils of Western Australia, an ancient secret lay locked in stone. And through the stubborn durability ...

Water from both volcanic rocks and deep mantle melted Earth's crust 1.6 billion years ago. This long-lasting melting formed ...

The crust is made from enormous plates which move very slowly due to movements of the mantle below. The Earth's structure. Planet Earth is not a solid ball of rock, it's made up of different layers.

Below the Earth’s surface, a maze of underground tunnels and shafts pierces 3 kilometers of ancient volcanic rock. Were it not for a huge ventilation ... journeys into the planet’s crust to hunt for ...

Seismic imaging reveals a funnel-shaped region beneath the Midwest, drawing rock ... Earth's mantle. This phenomenon is gradually stripping away material from the bottom of the continent's crust.

Scientists found new evidence that Earth’s crust is peeling underneath the Sierra Nevada in California. The process might be how the continents formed, they say.