Researchers in Ethiopia’s Afar Rift report a deep, rhythmic mantle “pulse” that is slowly tearing Africa apart to form a new ...

Scientists found that the speed at which continents split apart directly influences how molten rock flows deep beneath ...

The Earth’s crust is disappearing right beneath our feet – and most people don’t even realise it. Now, if you’re a geologist, ...

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

Scientists have discovered a rhythmic pulse beneath Africa’s surface.

Researchers at the University of Southampton have found something quite unusual taking place with our planet. They discovered ...

A research team found evidence that a plume of hot mantle and tectonic plates generate activity deep beneath the Afar region in Ethiopia, which will one day tear apart the African continent and create ...

G eologists have attributed age-dependent variations in the chemistry of Ethiopian volcanic rocks to rhythmic pulses like a ...

An international team of scientists led by researchers from the University of Southampton has found evidence that rhythmic ...

The Afar junction is the point at which the Arabian, Nubian, and Somalian plates meet, each departing in their own directions to leave a widening gap under the Afar Triangle. Eventually, the crust ...

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

Scientists reveal that earthquakes generate electricity in quartz, explaining how enormous gold nuggets grow in deep rock ...