Tuesday, 7 February, 2012

Hawaii is well known to have been created from volcanic activity, and the geologic hotspot below the islands is the most studied in the world.

“The answer is rooted in the fact that our planet is a ‘living’ planet, which is still cooling,” says Laurel Goodwin, professor of geology at UW-Madison. She describes Earth as a series of shells, like a peanut M&M. “The candy shell is the crust, on which we live. The chocolate beneath is the mantle, and [...]