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

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

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

Something unusual is happening deep within Earth’s mantle,around 1,700 miles below the surface, where seismic waves accelerate in a way that has left scientists scratching their heads for decades.

Ancient magma plume found beneath Oman’s Salma Plateau remains hidden Researchers believe the buried plume redirected India’s ...

Mantle plumes are important geologic processes—they interact with plate tectonics, create rich mineral deposits, and even ...

MUSCAT: A team of international scientists has discovered what they believe is the first confirmed "ghost plume" — a hidden ...

Almost 3,000 kilometers underground, a seismic mystery has been solved as earthquake waves anomalous behavior is finally ...

A mysterious solid layer 2,700 km deep is flowing like honey, speeding up seismic waves. Crystals and post-perovskite ...

The research findings show how these stormy ocean waves in the North Atlantic transmit energy through the Earth’s core, providing useful data to help scientists better study Earth’s interior. The ...

650-foot mega-tsunami sends seismic waves around the world, and satellites captured the action. By Eric Ralls. Earth.com staff writer. ... of the Dickson Fjord in East Greenland with the observed ...

Nearly 3,000 kilometers beneath Earth’s surface is a puzzling zone known as the D” (D double-prime) layer. For decades, scientists have noticed something unusual here: seismic waves, the vibrations ...