convection

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Thermal convection is typically associated with the extremely hot material moving inside Earth's mantle, not with ice.

From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2026

Their analysis indicates that these plume-like features are likely created by thermal convection, a slow churning motion inside the ice driven by temperature differences.

From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2026

Mantle convection: The slow, heat-driven movement of material within Earth's mantle that transports energy from the interior toward the surface.

From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 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

It was equally dismissive of convection and seafloor spreading.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson