An ichthyosaur preserved beneath a Chilean glacier is helping scientists understand the extinct animals and the world around them as a supercontinent broke up.

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"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 ...

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

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

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

It can also retrieve deep-ocean geological cores, and act as a testbed for new technologies. The Meng Xiang measures 560 ft (180 m) long with a beam of 108 ft (33 m) and displaces about 42,600 tonnes.

New signals point to vast ocean of water hidden beneath Mars’s crust Evidence is mounting that a secret lies beneath the red dust Hrvoje Tkalčić, Weijia Sun Monday 12 May 2025 12:17 BST 0 Comments ...

More information: Christine Chesley et al, Evidence for crustal brines and deep fluid infiltration in an oceanic transform fault, Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adu3661 ...