Chemical fingerprints from volcanic rock offer hints of what’s happening in the mantle below the area where three rift zones ...

Scientists have long wondered how Earth’s continents first formed. Now, a team of geologists from the University of Hong Kong ...

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

"This has profound implications for how we interpret surface volcanism, earthquake activity and the process of continental ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

Rhythmic pulsing deep beneath landlocked east Africa is literally tearing the continent apart. But while the effects won’t ...

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