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

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

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

Our planet has been asteroid-smashed, melted and eroded, enough that most of its original armor has been long buried. Except ...

A steady, rhythmic beat like that of a human heart beneath Ethiopia's Afar region is slowly pulling the continent apart.

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

TOKYO: Japan will from January attempt to extract rare earth minerals from the ocean floor in the deepest trial ...

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 agreed the rocky outcrops in a remote part of Quebec, Canada, were ancient. But were they really Earth’s oldest?

When the island of Santorini was rattled by thousands of small earthquakes earlier this year, many people were left mystified ...

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