Tectonic plates are massive slabs of Earth's lithosphere that float atop the semi-fluid mantle, constantly shifting and ...

A spot in eastern Africa called the Afar Triangle marks the meeting point of three rift zones—lines where Earth’s crust is being rent apart. Researchers haven’t been sure exactly what drives this ...

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

"The Earth's mantle is the engine that drives all these phenomena. Take, for example, mantle plumes, which are large bubbles ...

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

Due to the radiative thermal conductivity of the mineral olivine, only oceanic plates over 60 million years old and ...

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

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

Beneath Ethiopia, the Earth’s mantle is pulsing like a slow, steady heartbeat, slowly tearing Africa apart and laying the ...

A new study has provided a major update on why Africa is being split into two. The rift has been happening gradually for ...

They reveal that the chemical composition of the deep mantle has remained almost intact since the Earth's formation 4.5 ...

A group of researchers from across the world has found that a steady, rhythmic pulse deep beneath Ethiopia’s Afar region, ...