Scientists found a rhythmic mantle plume beneath Ethiopia is slowly tearing Africa apart - hinting at the birth of a new ...

The vertical movement of the mantle is one of the driving forces that brings about large-scale geological changes to the ...

In East Africa's Afar Depression, scientists have discovered that fresh lava from deep within the Earth's mantle is driving ...

In the Afar Depression of East Africa, a remarkable geological transformation is unfolding, with scientists revealing that ...

Scientists have traced a 60-million-year volcanic trail from Iceland to Ireland to a deep mantle plume that shaped the North ...

A ‘ghost plume’ identified deep in the mantle beneath Oman suggests there may be more heat flowing out of Earth’s core than ...

Iceland is one of the most active volcanic regions in the world, but its seismic nature is part of a much broader geological ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence that precious metals like gold are leaking from Earth’s core into the mantle, ultimately ...

Scientists have detected rhythmic pulses of molten rock rising beneath eastern Africa, threatening to pull the continent ...

Researchers mapped a pulsing mantle plume under Afar that channels molten rock upward, stretching Africa’s crust until it ...

A plume of molten rock rising from the depths of the Earth in heartbeat-like pulses is slowly tearing Africa apart—and will ...

Mantle plumes are important geologic processes—they interact with plate tectonics, create rich mineral deposits, and even ...