#core-mantle-boundary

#core-mantle-boundary

Two enormous structures that sit at the border between the Earth's mantle and its core have puzzled scientists for decades, defying reigning theories of how our planet came to be. In a new study published in the journal Nature Geoscience, a team of researchers led by Rutgers University geodynamicist Yoshinori Miyazaki has come up with a new explanation for these structures - suggesting, provocatively, that their formation may be closely tied to the evolution of life on Earth.