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Deep beneath your feet lies an enigma wrapped in molten metal and time.
Discover the dynamic dance of the lithosphere and asthenosphere below us.
Unlocking the secrets of our planet's hidden inner dynamo.
Unveiling the molten marvel that's more important than you assume.
The Earth's rigid outer shell doesn't get as much attention as it should.
Discover the secret, plastic realm below Earth's surface: the asthenosphere.
Let's talk some mountains.
From marble blue to very, very brown.
These are the most important cave types that you need to know.
Over 70 years as humanity has begun to explore space, we have upon occasion, turned our gaze back to our own world, producing images that highlight our place in the vastness of space.
A lifelong debate surrounding the inner core's phased was finally settled by Swedish researchers.
Which one is your favorite?
One's always beneath the surface, the other is steaming outside.
The mantle is a whopping 2,900 km (1,802 miles) thick, and it's by far the thickest layer of the Earth.
We're still just scractching the surface of the planet.
This has got to be one of the strangest places on Earth- - but you couldn't make much of it if you were just walking by.
This is the story of the last in a breed of geological titans, a supercontinent we named Gondwana.
Not all icebergs are white and pure.
Wind, geology, and chemistry meet up to create this important phenomenon.
An otherworldly place, right here on our planet.
Time to meet the 'Everest of the deep'.
No matter how salty you get, you'll never be as salty as the ocean
The cold hard facts about ice ages.
Geology just rocks!
We can't deduce everything, but we can deduce A LOT.
Spoiler alert: it's probably not China. Or Australia.
Nature is beautiful both on the outside and inside.
It's so deep explorers had to use a submersible robot to map the cave. The rope wasn't long enough, though.
The age of the Earth is 4.54 billion years - plus or minus 1% (0.05 billion years). But how do we know this?
We know what the layers of the Earth are without seeing them directly -- with the magic of geophysics.
Also called hydrolaccoliths, pingos are spectacular domes of earth and vegetation covered ice usually found in the Arctic and subarctic. They can reach up to 90 metres (300 feet) high and more than 800 metres (0.5 mile) across and are usually circular or oval-shaped. They may be green on the outside, but the core is solid, clear ice. […]
We all know that Earth used to look very different in the geological past, but few would imagine that Europe was such a different place just 8,000 years ago. Back then, continental Europe was connected to the UK with a land mass called Doggerland. The area had a thriving history both for wildlife or for […]
To scale, the Earth's crust is thinner than an apple's skin.
Would you believe me if I told you that under this rusty, abandoned metal cap there lies the deepest hole ever dug by mankind? That beneath this metal seal, which measures only 9 inches in diameter, there are 12,262 meters (40,230 ft) of nothingness? You might have your doubts — but hear me out. A journey […]
