"This has profound implications for how we interpret surface volcanism, earthquake activity and the process of continental ...

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

They reveal that the chemical composition of the deep mantle has remained almost intact since the Earth's formation 4.5 ...

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

Strata: Stories from Deep Time’ explores the origins of the air we breathe and untangles some of our planet’s oldest stories.

The Metals Company is applying for permission from the Trump administration to mine for nickel and cobalt beneath a remote ...

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

Tectonic pulses beneath Africa are splitting the continent apart to produce a new ocean, according to University of ...

Research led by Earth scientists at the University of Southampton has uncovered evidence of rhythmic surges of molten mantle ...

We have visually explored less than 0.001 percent of the deep sea floor. To put that in perspective, 66 percent of the planet is deep ocean, and 99.999 percent of that ocean is unknown to us. Like ...

Samples came from deep-sea mud, boreholes, underground aquifers, and fractured rocks. In marine settings, archaea stood out—especially in deep-sea sediments where energy is scarce.

But evaporation, freezing, and rocks can’t quite account for all the water that must have covered Mars in the distant past. Calculations suggest the “missing” water is enough to cover the planet in an ...