Chemical fingerprints from volcanic rock offer hints of what’s happening in the mantle below the area where three rift zones ...

A spot in eastern Africa called the Afar Triangle marks the meeting point of three rift zones—lines where Earth’s crust is being rent apart. Researchers haven’t been sure exactly what drives this ...

Researchers mapped a pulsing mantle plume under Afar that channels molten rock upward, stretching Africa’s crust until it ...

The Earth’s crust is disappearing right beneath our feet – and most people don’t even realise it. Now, if you’re a geologist, ...

Scientists have long wondered how Earth’s continents first formed. Now, a team of geologists from the University of Hong Kong ...

Geologists from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have made a breakthrough in understanding how Earth's early continents ...

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

The vertical movement of the mantle is one of the driving forces that brings about large-scale geological changes to the ...

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

Geologists have long debated whether a stony formation in Canada contains the world’s oldest rocks – new measurements make a ...

In the Afar Depression of East Africa, a remarkable geological transformation is unfolding, with scientists revealing that ...