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

In 2008 scientists reported that rocks in Canada were the world’s oldest. New data appear to confirm this contested claim ...

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

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

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.

A mysterious pulse beneath Africa's surface is reshaping the continent in ways that could change the world. Deep within the ...

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

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

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

Not quite a gateway to hell, but northern Canada has a gateway to the Hadean Eon, named after the Greek God of Hell.