Taking earth’s inner temperature: Melting temperature of mantle depends on water

Thursday, March 2, 2017 - 15:31 in Earth & Climate

A joint study between Carnegie and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has determined that the average temperature of Earth’s mantle beneath ocean basins is about 110 degrees Fahrenheit (60 Celsius) higher than previously thought, due ... Read more

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