Roughly 252 million years ago, Earth experienced its deadliest known extinction. Known as the Permian–Triassic Mass ...

In September 2023, a global seismic mystery began to unfold. Every 90 seconds, the Earth pulsed with a strange, low-frequency ...

Earth runs on massive amounts of heat, enough to melt iron in the core and create our magnetic field, enough to power the constant movement of plate tectonics. Where all this heat comes from is a ...

Mystery of heat loss from the Earth's crust has been solved. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2015 / 12 / 151222163310.htm. National Oceanography Centre, UK.

It may not be obvious while lying in the sun on a hot summer’s day, but a considerable amount of heat is also coming from below you – emanating from deep within the Earth. This heat is equivalent to ...

Here’s how it works: Carbon dioxide traps heat, keeping the Earth nice and cozy. A dip in CO 2 can bring about an ice age. A spike can make the planet sizzle.

Earth’s core is a giant heat-powered engine fueled mainly by energy left over from cosmic collisions, such as the one that formed the moon about 4.5 billion years ago.

The source of the earth’s heat has long remained a mystery, but we now know that most of it is the result of radioactivity. The birth of atoms. To understand where all this heat is coming from, ...

Crashing Electrons Could Explain Earth's Magnetic Field Mystery A messy paradox that has plagued geoscientists who study Earth's core and the magnetic field it produces may now be solved. Jan. 28 ...

Earth’s heat spike is so unusual, your chance of winning the Powerball is 1,400X greater by: Jeff Berardelli. Posted: Oct 6, 2023 / 10:27 AM EDT. ... But the magnitude remains a mystery.

A new detector could work out what’s causing a heat flow from the Earth’s interior. It may even solve the mystery of what powers the Earth’s magnetic field.