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

A plume of molten rock deep beneath eastern Africa is pulsing upward in rhythmic surges, slowly splitting the continent and ...

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

The magma movement beneath the planet’s crust could be the early stages of a new ocean basin formation, which could slowly ...

A new study has provided a major update on why Africa is being split into two. The rift has been happening gradually for ...