Beneath the Afar region in Ethiopia, scientists have discovered pulsing waves of molten rock rising from deep within the ...

Researchers mapped a pulsing mantle plume under Afar that channels molten rock upward, stretching Africa’s crust until it cracks and an ocean basin begins.

Research led by Earth scientists at the University of Southampton has uncovered evidence of rhythmic surges of molten mantle ...

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

The magma movement beneath the planet’s crust could be the early stages of a new ocean basin formation, which could slowly ...

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

The huge column of hot rock, known as a mantle plume or a 'ghost plume', which rises from deep inside the earth beneath ...

By examining squid skin cells three-dimensionally, a University of California, Irvine–led team has unveiled the structures ...

It is gradually tearing the continent apart, forming a new ocean. The scientists collected more than 130 volcanic rock samples from across the Afar region and the Main Ethiopian Rift. They also used ...

The chemical striping suggests the plume is pulsing, like a heartbeat.” That is how Professor Tom Gernon of the University of ...

The gold standard for determining the age of ancient rocks is measuring the radioactive decay of isotopes of uranium into lead in minerals known as zircons. But not all rocks contain zircons, so ...