This is a cross-section of Earth's ozone layer as measured by the limb profiler, part of the Ozone Mapper Profiler Suite that's aboard the Suomi NPP satellite. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not ...
Left to Right shows: Cross section of the modern plate tectonic cycle, including (1) creation of oceanic crust at mid-ocean ridges, (2) subduction at ocean trenches, (3) dehydration and melting ...
An artist's rendition of a cross-section of Earth. The innermost layer, the inner core, is a 1,500-mile-wide ball of iron. CHRISTOPH BURGSTEDT / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY via Getty Images For decades, ...
The core is losing heat faster under Indonesia than it is under Brazil, and that's messing with the seismic waves passing through it. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...
Researchers created a seismic map of Earth's interior beneath the southeastern Pacific Ocean and discovered an ancient slab of oceanic crust that appears to be stuck midway through the mantle. When ...
New research ultimately poses more questions than it answers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Scientists have eliminated one ...
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