Rapid cooling of planet’s core may lead to earlier shut-down of crucial tectonic processes © Getty Images / De Agostini Picture Library A critical tectonic process between the core and surface layers may be shut down earlier than anticipated The Earth’s molten interior is cooling faster than expected, which could turn the planet into a cold, inactive world similar to neighboring Mercury and Mars sooner than previously thought, researchers have warned...

US Senator Elizabeth Warren speaks during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on the IRS budget request on Capitol Hill in Washington US, June 8, 2021...

In this file photo, taken from the sea on March 24, 2015, fishermen are seen on their boat in front of tanks at the oil storage terminal of VTT Vasiliko Ltd (VTTV) at the port of Vasilikos, in the coastal southern Cypriot town of Mari...