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

While some scientists initially assumed they were connected to a tectonic event related to the fault system ... offset so they were not directly below the volcanoes themselves. "We found magma at ...

Geologists have long suspected a mantle plume beneath the area, but little was known about its structure or behaviour.

The Wandan mud volcano has erupted in Taiwan, sending bubbling mud shooting into the air as locals ignite ejected gases with ...