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Earth's deep secrets: Two continent-sized structures are shaping the planet
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Earth's deep secrets: Two continent-sized structures are shaping the planet

India Today  

Earth is divided into three layers, and deep within the planet lies some of the best-kept secrets that could reveal the origins of the planet we call home. Scientists have long tried to understand what lies beneath, and a new study reveals how two continent-sized regions in Earth’s deep mantle are different from each other when they had long been …

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Two buried ‘supercontinents’ hiding inside Earth could be much older than previously thought
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Two buried ‘supercontinents’ hiding inside Earth could be much older than previously thought

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. “Open questions abound, and each new study gets us closer to understanding what’s really going on down there.” Clues revealed by waves Researchers first spotted the subterranean supercontinents about 50 years ago when they popped up as anomalies in seismic data generated by earthquakes powerful enough to send reverberations through the planet. …

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Sunken world that should not exist discovered in the Pacific Ocean
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Sunken world that should not exist discovered in the Pacific Ocean

India Today  

Geophysicists have made a groundbreaking discovery regarding the Earth's interior, revealing unexpected remnants of submerged tectonic plates in locations far from traditional plate boundaries. Similar to how doctors use ultrasound to visualise internal organs, geophysicists analyse how seismic waves propagate through different materials. Researchers uncover zones in the Earth's lower mantle where seismic waves travel slower or faster. The results …

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Sunken worlds under the Pacific? Scientists are BAFFLED by massive structures found deep beneath the ocean that 'shouldn't exist'
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Sunken worlds under the Pacific? Scientists are BAFFLED by massive structures found deep beneath the ocean that 'shouldn't exist'

Daily Mail  

From Atlantis to El Dorado and Avalon, legend tells us that Earth is dotted with lost lands that once met a dramatic downfall. Using a new model, researchers uncover zones in the Earth's lower mantle where seismic waves travel slower or faster - and cannot come from subducted plates. It's also well known that Earth's lithosphere – its rocky, outermost …

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Scientists Discover ‘Doughnut’ In Molten Metal Of Earth’s Core
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Scientists Discover ‘Doughnut’ In Molten Metal Of Earth’s Core

News 18  

Approximately 2,890 kilometres beneath us lies an enormous ball of molten metal, which is our planet’s core, a new study has revealed. Speaking on the same, study co-author and Australian National University geophysicist, Professor Hrvoje Tkalcic, claimed that it was not possible for scientists to reach the planet’s core using existing technology. “By understanding the geometry of the paths of …

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Seismic echoes reveal a mysterious ‘donut’ inside Earth’s core
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Seismic echoes reveal a mysterious ‘donut’ inside Earth’s core

Hindustan Times  

Canberra, About 2,890 kilometres beneath our feet lies a gigantic ball of liquid metal: our planet’s core. Seismic echoes reveal a mysterious ‘donut’ inside Earth’s core Using a new way of studying these waves, my colleague Xiaolong Ma and I have made a surprising discovery: there is a large donut-shaped region of the core around the Equator, a few hundred …

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Scientists identify molten layer deep within interior of Mars
1 year, 5 months ago

Scientists identify molten layer deep within interior of Mars

The Hindu  

Seismic waves generated by a meteorite impact on the other side of Mars from where NASA's InSight lander sits have provided new clues about the Red Planet's deep interior, prompting scientists to reappraise the anatomy of Earth's planetary neighbour. The new seismic data indicates the presence of a hitherto unknown layer of molten rock surrounding a liquid metallic core - …

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SCIENCE NOTEBOOK | A 650-km thick solid metallic ball forms the earth’s innermost inner core
2 years ago

SCIENCE NOTEBOOK | A 650-km thick solid metallic ball forms the earth’s innermost inner core

The Hindu  

Published : Mar 09, 2023 10:40 IST - 2 MINS READ Until recently, it was thought the earth’s structure comprised four distinct layers: the crust, the mantle, the outer core, and the inner core. This innermost inner core is a 650-kilometre thick solid “metallic ball” that sits within the centre of the inner core. The ANU’s Hrvoje Tkalcic said: “This …

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Scientists unlock secrets of Earth's wickedly hot innermost realm
2 years, 1 month ago

Scientists unlock secrets of Earth's wickedly hot innermost realm

The Hindu  

In Jules Verne's classic 1864 novel Journey to the Center of the Earth, adventurers descend through an Icelandic volcano into a vast underground world populated by prehistoric creatures as they explore our planet's interior. Researchers on Tuesday said an intensive study of Earth's deep interior, based on the behaviour of seismic waves from large earthquakes, confirmed the existence of a …

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Earth has an 'innermost inner core', study says
2 years, 1 month ago

Earth has an 'innermost inner core', study says

Daily Mail  

It follows the discovery of a hidden layer of Earth 100 miles below the surface The innermost inner core has already been hypothesised but subject to debate New findings may improve our understanding of Earth's formation and evolution It is already well known that Earth has an inner core – a solid metallic ball made mainly of iron around 1,500 …

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Hidden molten rock layer found beneath Earth’s tectonic plates
2 years, 1 month ago

Hidden molten rock layer found beneath Earth’s tectonic plates

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. CNN — Researchers have detected a previously unknown layer of partially molten rock beneath Earth’s crust. Junlin Hua, a postdoctoral fellow at the Jackson School of Geosciences at the University of Texas at Austin, was studying seismic images of Earth’s mantle located beneath Turkey for his doctoral research when he spotted signs …

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Earth’s inner core may have started to spin more slowly, puzzling new discovery suggests
2 years, 2 months ago

Earth’s inner core may have started to spin more slowly, puzzling new discovery suggests

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The way that the Earth’s solid inner core layer rotates may …

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Earth's inner core rotating slower than surface, study suggests
2 years, 2 months ago

Earth's inner core rotating slower than surface, study suggests

The Hindu  

Earth's inner core, a hot iron ball the size of Pluto, has stopped spinning faster than the planet's surface and might now be rotating slower than it, research suggested on Monday. "We believe the inner core rotates, relative to the Earth's surface, back and forth, like a swing," the study's authors, Xiaodong Song and Yi Yang of China's Peking University, …

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Earth’s inner core may have started spinning other way, says study
2 years, 2 months ago

Earth’s inner core may have started spinning other way, says study

Live Mint  

Far below our feet, a giant may have started moving against us. The study's authors, Xiaodong Song and Yi Yang of China's Peking University, said they found that the inner core's rotation "came to near halt around 2009 and then turned in an opposite direction". "We believe the inner core rotates, relative to the Earth's surface, back and forth, like …

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NASA's InSight lander reveals details on outermost layer of Mars
2 years, 5 months ago

NASA's InSight lander reveals details on outermost layer of Mars

Hindustan Times  

NASA's robotic InSight lander, in the twilight of its service after nearly four years on Mars, is revealing new details about Earth's closest planetary neighbor based on data from two big meteorite impacts that shed light on the Martian crust's structure. Researchers said on Thursday the stationary lander for the first time detected seismic waves traveling along the Martian surface, …

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‘Seismic waves’: IMF cuts global growth forecast over Russia war
2 years, 11 months ago

‘Seismic waves’: IMF cuts global growth forecast over Russia war

Al Jazeera  

Invasion of Ukraine drove up prices sharply in Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia, Middle East and North Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa, but is hurting lower-income households around the world. The International Monetary Fund slashed its forecast for global economic growth by nearly a full percentage point citing Russia’s war in Ukraine, and warned inflation was now a “clear and present …

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NASA's InSight rover helps create first detailed map of the insides of Mars
3 years, 8 months ago

NASA's InSight rover helps create first detailed map of the insides of Mars

Firstpost  

The fate of almost everything on Earth’s surface is determined by infernal engines deep below. Now, thanks to an intrepid robot parked on the Martian surface by NASA in November 2018, scientists have a map of our neighbouring world’s geologic abysses, the first-ever made of another planet. Mars’ mantle also clues us in to why a planet that once built …

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Mars' core, measured on seismic waves, found to be 'surprisingly' large and thin
3 years, 8 months ago

Mars' core, measured on seismic waves, found to be 'surprisingly' large and thin

Hindustan Times  

Marsquakes, or seismic tremors on Mars, have revealed hitherto unknown aspects about the anatomy of the red planet. The findings, now published over three studies in the Science journal, were the result of a thorough analysis of the Martian surface carried out by Nasa's InSight probe which landed on the planet three years ago. Among other things, the InSight probe …

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What are Earthquakes and How Are They Caused? Here's Everything You Need to Know
4 years, 2 months ago

What are Earthquakes and How Are They Caused? Here's Everything You Need to Know

News 18  

Our planet is made up of core at its centre that is then followed by mantle and finally the crust, which is the land that we see. It is the slip or fault felt by these tectonic plates that causes massive destruction or even tsunamis on the surface of the earth. These waves are also called seismic waves as they …

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Scientists Use Seismic Waves to Identify Chemical Reactions Beneath a Watershed
4 years, 7 months ago

Scientists Use Seismic Waves to Identify Chemical Reactions Beneath a Watershed

News 18  

Scientists have used seismic waves to identify chemical reactions that occur below the surface of Earth. During the research, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the team relied on human-generated seismic waves, similar to what generated from an earthquake. The logging tool helped produce and propagate a seismic wave, which is used to examine the …

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Seismic waves used to 'see' chemical reactions underground, may protect water quality: Study
4 years, 7 months ago

Seismic waves used to 'see' chemical reactions underground, may protect water quality: Study

Firstpost  

Researchers managed to see under the surface to assess chemical reactions that alter the quality of groundwater. A team of researchers led by the Penn State University have found that seismic waves can be used to identify certain chemical reactions that take place under the ground level and help protect the quality of water. Since these chemical reactions can alter …

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Previously unknown faults at the foot of the Himalaya discovered
4 years, 8 months ago

Previously unknown faults at the foot of the Himalaya discovered

The Hindu  

Data from an oil and gas exploration company has now helped geologists discover a series of faults at the foot of the Himalaya. “This network of faults show that the Himalayan deformation reaches further than we previously thought.” He is the first author of the paper recently published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Waldron explained …

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Scientists detect widespread structures near Earth's core
4 years, 9 months ago

Scientists detect widespread structures near Earth's core

India TV News  

Analysing thousands of recordings of seismic waves, or sound waves travelling through the Earth, scientists have detected widespread, heterogenous structures -- areas of unusually dense, hot rock -- at the core-mantle boundary than previously known. "By looking at thousands of core-mantle boundary echoes at once, instead of focusing on a few at a time, as is usually done, we have …

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Tapping seismic data to map the earth’s subsurface
5 years ago

Tapping seismic data to map the earth’s subsurface

The Hindu  

TO identify resources such as oil reserves, geothermal sources and, more recently, reservoirs where excess carbon dioxide could potentially be sequestered, scientists have evolved methods to map the structures within the earth’s crust. When the researchers presented the trained network with only the high-frequency seismic waves produced from a new simulated earthquake, the neural network was able to imitate the …

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