Deep beneath East Africa, scientists have discovered powerful forces at work that could eventually split the continent in two ...

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

The Earth’s mantle, a massive layer of rock beneath the crust, is the “engine” of plate tectonics.Stretching nearly 2,900 kilometers deep, it shapes much of the planet’s geology and ...

Research on hidden structures deep within Earth’s mantle challenges theories about our planet’s middle layer and could transform our understanding of plate tectonics. CNN values your feedback 1.

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

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.

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

To understand the mantle—the largest layer of Earth’s rocky body—scientists drill deep cores out of the Earth. Scientists drilled the deepest core yet and recovered serpentinized peridotite ...

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Having access to these mantle rocks will allow us to make the connection between the volcanoes and the ultimate source of their magmas.” [Related: See 24,000 years of climate history at a glance .] ...

Research on hidden structures deep within Earth’s mantle challenges theories about our planet’s middle layer and could transform our understanding of plate tectonics. CNN values your feedback 1.