Oxygen-rich laboratory melts retained extra oxygen under pressure, revealing a possible transport mechanism within Earth.

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Scientists have identified six previously unknown regions deep inside Earth’s lower mantle, revealing hidden variations in the planet’s deepest interior that had never been documented before. The ...

Geophysicists at ETH Zurich are using models of the lower mantle to identify areas where earthquake waves behave differently than previously assumed. This indicates the presence of zones of rocks that ...