convection

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A new study proposes that the mysterious plumes are created by thermal convection.

From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2026

Co-author and Flatiron Research Fellow Andrea Antoni developed the theoretical framework behind these convection models.

From Science Daily • Feb. 14, 2026

"In addition to heat and compositional convection, the fluid-like motion of light elements may help power Earth's magnetic engine."

From Science Daily • Dec. 10, 2025

However, decades of helioseismic studies have revealed conflicting information about how these flows behave deep inside the convection zone.

From Science Daily • Oct. 14, 2025

One way to make a living under these conditions is to reproduce before you are fried and hope that convection will carry some of your offspring to the higher and cooler layers of the atmosphere.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan