Recent findings suggest that Earth’s mantle might harbor hidden plumes venting heat from the planet’s core, a discovery that challenges our previous understanding of how heat moves from the Earth’s ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence that precious metals like gold are leaking from Earth’s core into the mantle, ultimately ...

Mantle plumes are important geologic processes—they interact with plate tectonics, create rich mineral deposits, and even ...

The Earth is leaking. The good news is this isn’t bad news, because the Earth is leaking gold and other precious metals.

In a discovery that sounds straight out of a sci-fi thriller, scientists from Göttingen University in Germany have found traces of precious metals, including gold, leaking from Earth’s core ...

Göttingen University discovers gold and precious metals in Hawaiian volcanic rocks, revealing Earth's core materials leaking into the mantle, challenging previous isolation assumptions.

Gold may be leaking from Earth’s core to its crust, reveals a new study. Traces of rare isotopes point to deep Earth as a ...

In a recent discovery that could change how we understand Earth’s inner layers, scientists have found signs that precious metals like gold might be slowly leaking from the planet’s core. Until ...

A mysterious solid layer 2,700 km deep is flowing like honey, speeding up seismic waves. Crystals and post-perovskite ...